Sierra Leone

Capital city — Freetown

Country population
7,700,000
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.438
(181/188)
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.7
i
2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Internal Affairs, Local Gov…
Total number of prisoners
4,732
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
60
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
220.2 %
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
21
i
2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
1.5 %
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0 %
i
09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
29.5 %
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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PdM

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Introduction

Country population

7,700,000

i

2018

/ UNDP, Human Development Report

Type of government

Constitutional Republic (Presidential Democracy)

Human Development Index

0.438

(181/188)

i

2018

/ UNDP, Human Development Report

Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

1.7

i

2017

/ UNDP, Human Development Report