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)
i
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
i
31/03/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
356
i
31/03/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
54 %
i
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 %
i
31/03/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.3 %
i
03/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
16 %
i
31/03/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1993
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Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison administration

Ministry of Home Affairs

Prison population

Total number of incarcerated people

350

i

31/03/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

356

i

31/03/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

54 %

i

2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

3

i

2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR