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Djibouti

Capital city — Djibouti

Country population
958,920
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2018
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
66
(estimate)
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.495
(171/188)
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
6.8
i
2016
/ WHO, World Health Organization
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice, Penitentiary and M…
Total number of prisoners
600
(estimated figure…
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
171 %
at Gabode prison
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
2
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of female prisone…
5 %
(estimate)
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
5 %
estimated figure
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
20 %
(estimate)
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1995
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Peine de Mort, PdM

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Special populations

Special populations

Number and percentage of female prisoners

5 % (30)

(estimate)

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2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

5 % (30)

estimated figure

i

2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

20 % (120)

(estimate)

i

2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1995

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Peine de Mort, PdM