Congo

Capital city — Kinshasa

Country population
102,262,808
i
2023
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.481
(180/193)
i
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…
i
12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
46
i
12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
322.8 %
occupancy of the…
i
26/10/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
142
i
2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
2.3 %
i
26/10/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
Data not disclosed
i
26/10/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
70 %
estimated percent…
i
12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
no
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Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison administration

Ministry of Justice

Prison population

Total number of incarcerated people

44,536

via Avocats Sans Frontières

i

12/2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

46

i

12/2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

322.8 %

occupancy of the “priority” prisons

i

26/10/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

142

i

2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR