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Samoa

Capital city — Apia

Country population
196,130
i
2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Parliamentary Democracy-elective Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.707
(111/188)
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
3.1
i
2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the prison…
Ministry of Prisons and Corrections Service
Total number of prisoners
400
i
12/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
204
i
12/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
121 %
i
12/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
4
i
2010
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of female prisoners
6 %
estimated percentag
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
5 %
estimated percentage
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
14 %
i
09/2007
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2004
i
PdM

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Introduction

Introduction

Country population

196,130

i

2018

Type of government

Parliamentary Democracy-elective Monarchy

Human Development Index

0.707

(111/188)

i

2018

/ UNDP, Human Development Report

Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

3.1

i

2017

/ UNDP, Human Development Report