Burundi

Capital city — Bujumbura

Country population
10,860,000
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2017
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
98
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2017
/ United Nations / SOS Torture Burundi
Type of government
Republic with presidential regime
Human Development Index
0.404
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
10,630
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2017
/ SOS Torture Burundi
Prison density
253 %
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2017
/ SOS Torture Burundi
Total number of prison facilities
11
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2016
An NPM has been established
No
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
5.4 %
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2017
/ SOS Torture Burundi
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
1.1 %
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2017
/ SOS Torture Burundi
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
53.6 %
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2017
/ SOS Torture Burundi
The death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 2009

10,860,000

2017

Republic with presidential regime

0.404

2016

/ UNDP