Senegal

Capital city — Dakar

Country population
16,296,364
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2019
/ World Bank)
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.512
(168/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
7.8
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2016
/ WHO, World Health Organization
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
11,547
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09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
68
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09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
130 %
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03/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
37
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2009
Female prisoners
2.7 %
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09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2 %
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09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
39.7 %
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09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2004
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Special populations

Female prisoners

2.7 % (312)

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09/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

2 % (231)

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09/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried prisoners

39.7 % (4,584)

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09/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2004

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