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Morocco and Western Sahara

Capital city — Rabat

Country population
34,280,000
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
222
i
2015
/ ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.647
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the prison…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
76,794
i
2015
/ Human Rights Watch
Average length of imprisonment (in months)
-
Total number of prison facilities
77
i
2015
/ World Prison Brief
An NPM has been established
No
Number and percentage of female prisoners
2.2 %
i
2014
/ ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2 %
i
2014
/ Morocco's Prison Observatory
Untried prisoners
40.8 %
i
2015
/ Human Rights Watch
Death penalty is abolished
No, but abolitionnist in practice
no execution since…

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Special populations

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of female prisoners

2.2 % (1,719)

i

2014

/ ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

2 % (1,517)

i

2014

/ Morocco's Prison Observatory

Untried prisoners

40.8 % (31,334)

i

2015

/ Human Rights Watch

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

No, but abolitionnist in practice

no execution since 1993