Sierra Leone

Capital city — Freetown

Country population
6,360,000
i
2015
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
55
i
2015
/ ICPR
Type of government
Presidential republic
Human Development Index
0.42
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Internal Affairs, Local Gov…
i
ICPR
Total number of prisoners
3,488
i
2015
/ ICPR
Prison density
195 %
i
2015
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
19
i
2015
An NPM has been established
No
Female prisoners
3.3 %
i
2015
/ ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
54.3 %
i
2015
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
No
i
2015
/ Amnesty International

+

Panorama Picture galleries Seen in the press

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

3.3 % (115)

i

2015

/ ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

54.3 % (1,894)

i

2015

/ ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

No

i

2015

/ Amnesty International

Foreign prisoners

Number and percentage of foreign prisoners

1 %

i

2015

/ ICPR