Belize

Capital city — Belmopan

Country population
383,071
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2018
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
356
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06/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.72
(103/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
37.9
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of National Security (Home Aff…
Total number of incarcerated people
1,297
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06/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
87 %
estimated percent…
i
09/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
1
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
3.5 %
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12/2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
3.1 %
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12/2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
30.1 %
i
12/2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice
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PdM

+

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

3.5 %

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12/2015

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

3.1 %

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12/2015

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

30.1 %

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12/2015

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

no, but abolitionist in practice

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