Angola

Capital city — Luanda

Country population
32,866,268
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2020
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
89
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.581
(148/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
4.8
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2012
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of prisoners
26,000
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
124 %
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
44
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
2.7 %
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2019
/ 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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Overview

Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

89

i

2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total number of prisoners

26,000

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2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

124 %

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2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of the Interior

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

44

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2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR