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Eritrea
Capital city —
Asmara
Country population
3,213,972
i
2011
/
World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
Data not disclosed
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.459
(180/188)
i
2019
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
i
2016
/
WHO, World Health Organization
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
The Eritrean Police
Total number of prisoners
Data not disclosed
Prison density
Data not disclosed
Total number of prison facilities
Data not disclosed
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
Data not disclosed
Incarcerated minors
Data not disclosed
Untried prisoners
Data not disclosed
Death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice
i
PdM
+
Country-profile
Year
2021
2021
2020
Introduction
Overview
Prison population
Organisation
Prison facilities
Safeguards
National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies
Special populations
Women
Minors
Untried prisoners
Death penalty prisoners
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Overview
Prison population
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
Total number of prisoners
Data not disclosed
Prison density
Data not disclosed
Name of authority in charge of the prison service
The Eritrean Police
Total number of prison facilities
Data not disclosed
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