Seychelles

Capital city — Victoria

Country population
96,762
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2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.801
(62/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
12.7
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of incarcerated people
350
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31/03/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
356
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31/03/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
54 %
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2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
3
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
5.7 %
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31/03/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.3 %
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03/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
16 %
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31/03/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1993
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

5.7 % (20)

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31/03/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

0.3 % (1)

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03/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

16 % (56)

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31/03/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1993

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