Congo

Capital city — Kinshasa

Country population
102,262,808
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2023
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.481
(180/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
44,536
via Avocats Sans…
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12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
46
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12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
322.8 %
occupancy of the…
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26/10/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
142
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2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
2.3 %
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26/10/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
Data not disclosed
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26/10/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
70 %
estimated percent…
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12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

2.3 %

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26/10/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

Data not disclosed

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26/10/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

70 % (31,175)

estimated percentage

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12/2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

no

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