Haiti

Capital city — Port-au-Prince

Country population
11,123,176
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2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.503
(169/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
9.5
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
Total number of prisoners
10,905
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10/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
97
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10/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
804 %
considering 4.5 s…
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07/2015
/ MINUSTAH, p. 06
Total number of prison facilities
17
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2015
/ MINUSTAH
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
4.2 %
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2.4 %
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
75 %
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1987
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Special populations

Female prisoners

4.2 %

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2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

2.4 %

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2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried prisoners

75 % (8,180)

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2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1987

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