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Cameroon
Capital city —
Yaoundé
Country population
25,216,237
i
2018
/
World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
124
i
12/2017
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.563
(150/188)
i
2018
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.4
i
2017
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
30,701
i
12/2017
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
171 %
i
12/2017
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
79
i
2017
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of female prisone…
2.7 %
i
12/2017
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
3.1 %
i
12/2017
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
58.1 %
i
12/2017
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
i
PdM
+
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2020
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2020
2017
Introduction
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Safeguards
Special populations
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Safeguards
An NPM has been established
no
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