Morocco and Western Sahara

Capital city — Rabat

Country population
37,457,971
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2022
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
267
i
12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
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CIA World Factbook
Human Development Index
0.698
(120/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report 2022
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.24
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2020
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
the Prime Minister
Total number of prisoners
102,653
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31/12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
9.84
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2020
/ prison service, Report 2021, p. 135, tableau 4.
Prison density
158.8 %
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31/12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
75
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2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2018
Female prisoners
2.5 %
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31/12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.2 %
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31/12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
37.6 %
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31/12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
The death penalty…

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