Dominica

Capital city — Roseau

Country population
71,991
i
2020
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
276
i
05/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.742
(94/188)
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
26.6
i
2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Prime Minister's Office
Total number of incarcerated people
204
i
05/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
73 %
i
07/2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
1
i
World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
0.5 %
i
12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.9 %
i
07/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
23.7 %
i
03/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
no
i
PdM

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Overview

Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

276

i

05/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total number of incarcerated people

204

i

05/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

73 %

i

07/2015

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison administration

Prime Minister’s Office

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

1

i

World Prison Brief, ICPR