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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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Specific population
Juvenile prisoners
1 %
i
31/12/2015
/ World Prison Brief
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