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Liberia

Capital city — Monrovia

  • Country population

    4,640,000
    i
    2016
    / World Prison Brief
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    44
    i
    2016
    / ICPR
  • Type of government

    Republic with presidential regime
  • Human Development Index

    0.427
    i
    2016
    / UNDP
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Justice
  • Total number of prisoners

    2,023
    i
    2016
    / ICPR
  • Prison density

    166 %
    i
    2015
    / ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    15
    i
    2015
  • An NPM has been established

    No

    but OPCAT ratifie…

  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    1.3 %
    i
    2016
    / ICPR
  • Untried prisoners

    63 %
    i
    2016
    / ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    No, but abolitionnist in practice
    i
    No execution since 2000
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Safeguards

An NPM has been established

No

but OPCAT ratified in 2004

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