Guinea

Capital city — Conakry

Country population
12,044,000
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
26
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2014
/ UN
Type of government
Presidential republic
Human Development Index
0.414
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
3,110
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2014
/ Ministry of Justice
Prison density
174.8 %
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2008
Total number of prison facilities
31
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2014
/ ICPS
An NPM has been established
No
Female prisoners
3.8 %
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Ministry of Justice
Incarcerated minors
5.5 %
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Ministry of Justice
Percentage of untried prisoners
65 %
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2013
/ ICPS
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 2017
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2015
/ PDM

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For more information

“La Guinée face à ses prisons”, Penitentiary Commission of the Guinean Ministry of Justice, 2015
“Rapport sur la situation des droits de l’homme dans les lieux de détention en République de Guinée”, United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights, Guinea, 2014
“ACAT, AVIPA, CPDH, MDT and OGDH concerns about the use of torture and ill treatment in the Republic of Guinea”, 2014
Report France 24 documentary about a lynching in Kouroussa
Rapport sur l’état des lieux de la Maison Centrale de Conakry – Quartier de mineurs, Terre des Hommes, June-July 2011
“Visite de la prison de Conakry”, by Terres des Hommes