Seychelles

Capital city — Victoria

Country population
119,773
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2023
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.802
(67/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
9.34
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2022
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of incarcerated people
420
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31/12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
348
via Seychelles na…
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12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
53.8 %
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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…
7.4 %
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31/12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.2 %
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31/12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
29 %
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31/12/2023
/ 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

7.4 % (31)

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31/12/2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

0.2 %

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31/12/2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

29 % (122)

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31/12/2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1993

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