Namibia

Capital city — Windhoek

Country population
2,567,012
i
2022
/ World Bank
Type of government
Semi-Presidential Republic
Human Development Index
0.61
(142/193)
i
2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
12.45
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2021
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Safety and Security
Total number of incarcerated people
8,900
estimated figure.…
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2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
318
estimated figure
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
75.4 %
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02/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
13
i
2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
2.9 %
not including tho…
i
02/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.1 %
not including tho…
i
02/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
54 %
estimated percent…
i
2022
/ 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

8,900

estimated figure. The number includes 4,804 in police holding cells, 4,087 in prisons.

i

2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

318

estimated figure

i

2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

75.4 %

i

02/2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

13

i

2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR