Morocco and Western Sahara

Capital city — Rabat

Country population
34,280,000
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2015
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
222
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2015
/ ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.647
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
76,794
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2015
/ Human Rights Watch
Total number of prison facilities
77
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2015
/ ICPR
An NPM has been established
No
Female prisoners
2.2 %
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2014
/ ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2 %
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2014
/ Morocco's Prison Observatory
Percentage of untried prisoners
40.8 %
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2015
/ Human Rights Watch
Death penalty is abolished
No, but abolitionist in practice

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

2.2 % (1,719)

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2014

/ ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

2 % (1,517)

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2014

/ Morocco's Prison Observatory

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

40.8 % (31,334)

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2015

/ Human Rights Watch

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

No, but abolitionist in practice