Libya

Capital city — Tripoli

Country population
6,777,452
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Provisional
Human Development Index
0.724
(105/188)
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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 Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
9,100
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
139
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
142 %
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06/2007
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
26
number of facilit…
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10/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
1.2 %
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09/2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
Data not disclosed
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
90 %
estimated percent…
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04/2014
/ 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

1.2 %

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09/2013

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

Data not disclosed

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

90 %

estimated percentage

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04/2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

no

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