Belarus

Capital city — Minsk

Country population
9,485,386
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2018
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
343
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10/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Presidential Republic
Human Development Index
0.817
(50/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
3.6
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Total number of prisoners
32,500
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10/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
83 %
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12/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
67
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2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
10.5 %
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12/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.8 %
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10/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
15.4 %
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10/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Female prisoners

10.5 %

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12/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

0.8 % (260)

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10/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried prisoners

15.4 % (5,005)

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10/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

no

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