Togo

Capital city — Lome

Country population
9,053,799
i
2023
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.547
(163/193)
i
2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
4,990
via the US State…
i
30/08/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
59
i
08/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
183.5 %
i
30/08/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
13
i
2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2012
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
2.6 %
i
30/08/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
1.3 %
i
10/10/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
60 %
estimated percent…
i
30/08/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2009
i
PdM

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Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison administration

Ministry of Justice

Prison population

Total number of incarcerated people

4,990

via the US State Department human rights report

i

30/08/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

59

i

08/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

183.5 %

i

30/08/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

13

i

2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR