Angola

Capital city — Luanda

Country population
30,800,000
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
93
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04/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.574
(149/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
4.8
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of prisoners
24,000
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04/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
111 %
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08/2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
40
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2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
3.6 %
estimated percent…
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09/2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
Data not disclosed
Percentage of untried prisoners
45.8 %
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04/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1992
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

3.6 %

estimated percentage

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09/2013

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

Data not disclosed

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

45.8 % (11,000)

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04/2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1992

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