Suriname

Capital city — Paramaribo

Country population
623,236
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2023
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.69
(124/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
7.28
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2022
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Police
Total number of incarcerated people
1,000
estimated figure
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11/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
185
estimated figure
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11/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
75.2 %
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11/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
21
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2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
2.8 %
i
2012
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
5.7 %
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2005
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
50 %
estimated percent…
i
02/2011
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2021
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PdM

+

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

2.8 %

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2012

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

5.7 %

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2005

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

50 %

estimated percentage

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02/2011

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2021

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