Contributor(s)Bénédicte Brunet-La Ruche/Prison Insider

Special populations

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

3.8 % (259)
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31/07/2016
/ Ministry of Justice and Legislation

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

104 %

i
2016
/ Ministry of Justice and Legislation

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

66.6 % (4,559)
i
31/07/2016
/ Ministry of Justice and Legislation

The death penalty is abolished

Yes

since 2012