Sierra Leone

Capital city — Freetown

Country population
7,813,215
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.452
(182/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.7
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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
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
60
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
220 %
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
21
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
1.5 %
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0 %
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09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
29.5 %
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2021
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Special populations

Female prisoners

1.5 % (70)

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12/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

0 %

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09/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried prisoners

29.5 % (1,395)

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12/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2021

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