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Burundi
Capital city —
Bujumbura
Country population
10,860,000
i
2017
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
98
i
2017
/ United Nations / SOS Torture Burundi
Type of government
Republic with presidential regime
Human Development Index
0.404
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
10,630
i
2017
/ SOS Torture Burundi
Prison density
253 %
i
2017
/ SOS Torture Burundi
Total number of prison facilities
11
i
2016
An NPM has been established
No
Number and percentage of female prisone…
5.4 %
i
2017
/ SOS Torture Burundi
Incarcerated minors
1.1 %
i
2017
/ SOS Torture Burundi
Untried prisoners
53.6 %
i
2017
/ SOS Torture Burundi
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 2009
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Women
Minors
Untried prisoners
Death penalty prisoners
Number and percentage of female prisoners
5.4 %
(570)
i
2017
/ SOS Torture Burundi
Incarcerated minors
1.1 %
(117)
i
2017
/ SOS Torture Burundi
53.6 %
(5,696)
i
2017
/ SOS Torture Burundi
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 2009
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