Namibia

Capital city — Windhoek

Country population
2,494,530
i
2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Semi-Presidential Republic
Human Development Index
0.646
(130/188)
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
17.1
i
2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Safety and Security
Total number of incarcerated people
7,400
estimated figure.…
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2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
295
estimated figure
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
73 %
i
07/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
13
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
1.5 %
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07/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.2 %
i
07/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
54 %
estimated percent…
i
2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1990
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PdM

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Overview

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison administration

Ministry of Safety and Security

Prison population

Total number of incarcerated people

7,400

estimated figure. The number includes 3,650 in police holding cells, 3,750 in prisons.

i

2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

295

estimated figure

i

2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

73 %

i

07/2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

13

i

2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR