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Republic of the Congo
Capital city —
Brazzaville
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
27
i
09/2019
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Country population
5,970,424
i
2022
/
World Bank
Type of government
presidential regime
Human Development Index
0.571
(153/191)
i
2021
/ UNDP,
Human development summary
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and t…
since 1991
Total number of prisoners
1,600
This figure corre…
i
02/09/2022
/ prison service
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
Data not disclosed
Prison density
313 %
The cited prison…
Total number of prison facilities
17
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
2.1 %
This figure corre…
i
02/09/2022
/ prison service
Incarcerated minors
4.2 %
This figure corre…
i
02/09/2022
/ prison service
Percentage of untried prisoners
66.4 %
This figure does…
i
02/09/2022
/ prison service
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2015
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Year
2024
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