The Gambia

Capital city — Banjul

Country population
2,416,664
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2020
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
31
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04/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.496
(172/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
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2016
/ WHO, World Health Organization
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of incarcerated people
543
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
172 %
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2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
3
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2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
2.5 %
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11/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
1.3 %
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11/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
55.6 %
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice
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PdM

+

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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

2.5 %

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11/2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

1.3 %

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11/2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

55.6 % (302)

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2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

no, but abolitionist in practice

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