Chad

Capital city — N'Djamena

Country population
15,477,751
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2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Semi-presidential Republic
Human Development Index
0.401
(187/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
9.6
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2016
/ WHO, World Health Organization
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Human Rights
Total number of incarcerated people
8,700
(estimated figure…
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
59
(estimate)
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
232 %
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12/2011
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
41
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
2.4 %
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
4.5 %
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
63.4 %
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12/2011
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

2.4 % (49)

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2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

4.5 % (91)

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2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

63.4 %

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12/2011

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

no

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