Malawi

Capital city — Lilongwe

Country population
17,840,000
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2016
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
79
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2016
/ ICPR
Type of government
Republic with presidential regime
Human Development Index
0.476
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior and Security
Total number of prisoners
14,018
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2016
/ World Prison Brief
Prison density
200 %
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2016
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
30
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2014
An NPM has been established
No
Female prisoners
0.9 %
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2014
/ ICPR
Untried prisoners
16.2 %
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2016
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes, but abolitionist in practice
no execution sinc…

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Country-profile

Special populations

Female prisoners

0.9 % (129)

i

2014

/ ICPR

16.2 % (2,275)

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2016

/ ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

Yes, but abolitionist in practice

no execution since 1992

Number and percentage of foreign prisoners

0.2 %

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2014

/ ICPR