Liberia

Capital city — Monrovia

Country population
5,302,681
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2022
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential)
Human Development Index
0.487
(177/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
3,000
estimate
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04/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
55
estimate
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04/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
222 %
i
10/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
16
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
2.8 %
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
1.9 %
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
71.2 %
estimated percent…
i
04/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
no
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

2.8 %

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12/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

1.9 %

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12/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

71.2 % (2,137)

estimated percentage

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04/2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

no

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