Belarus

Capital city — Minsk

Country population
9,485,386
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2018
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
343
i
10/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Presidential Republic
Human Development Index
0.817
(50/188)
i
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
i
10/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
83 %
i
12/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
67
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of female prisone…
10.5 %
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12/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.8 %
i
10/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
15.4 %
i
10/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

343

i

10/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total number of prisoners

32,500

i

10/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

83 %

i

12/2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Internal Affairs

Total number of prison facilities

67

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2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR