Côte d'Ivoire

Capital city — Yamoussoukro

Country population
24,300,000
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2017
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
57
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31/05/2017
/ Department of penitentiary administration
Type of government
Presidential democracy
Human Development Index
0.915
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2015
/ UNDP
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
11.6
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2017
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
The Department of…
Total number of prisoners
13,758
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31/05/2017
/ Department of penitentiary administration
Prison density
196.8 %
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2017
/ Department of penitentiary administration
Total number of prison facilities
34
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2017
/ Department of penitentiary administration
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
2.1 %
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2017
/ Department of penitentiary administration
Incarcerated minors
2.2 %
In June 2017, gir…
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2017
/ Department of penitentiary administration
Percentage of untried prisoners
40.7 %
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2017
/ Department of penitentiary administration
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2015
The death penalty…

Contributor(s)Observatoire ivoirien des droits de l'homme / Frédéric Le Marcis / Prison Insider

the prison administration

in some cases

Persons convicted of serious crimes and sentenced to life in prison are detained at the prison camp in Bouaké.

Coercive methods used for security are often handcuffs.

The use of such sanctions is left to the discretion of the director of the prison. No judicial review is in place.

Sanctions depend on the prison facilities. They generally consist of the removal of visits, placement in isolation regime.

yes

The prison governor decides if a sanction is imposed.

The application of sanctions is left to the discretion of the prison governor. No judicial review measures are provided for.