Tunisia

Capital city — Tunis

Country population
11,304,482
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2017
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
206
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2016
/ ICPR
Type of government
Mixed parliamentary system
Human Development Index
0.725
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the prison…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
23,553
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2016
/ ICPR
Prison density
139 %
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2013
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
27
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2016
An NPM has been established
Yes
created in 2013
Number and percentage of female prisoners
2.8 %
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2016
/ ICPR
Untried prisoners
49.9 %
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2016
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
No, but abolitionnist in practice
no execution since…

Date of the report2017

Author(s)Prison Insider

Yes

created in 2013