South Africa

Capital city — Pretoria

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
250
i
10/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Country population
59,893,885
i
2022
/ World Bank
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
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Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook - South Africa
Human Development Index
0.713
(109/191)
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2021
/ Human Development Index (HDI)
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
42
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2021
/ World Bank
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Correctional Se…
Total number of prisoners
157,056
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31/03/2023
/ Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services
Prison density
143 %
According to the…
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11/08/2023
/ Department of Correctional Services
Total number of prison facilities
243
As of March 2022,…
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31/03/2022
/ Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services, Annual Report 2021 -2022, p. 13.
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2019
On 19 July 2019,…
Female prisoners
3 %
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31/03/2023
/ Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services
Incarcerated minors
0.1 %
Sixty-five childr…
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31/03/2023
/ Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services
Percentage of untried prisoners
35.6 %
The high rate of…
i
31/03/2023
/ Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1997
The last executio…
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Together against the death penalty (ECPM), Worldmap

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