Angola

Capital city — Luanda

Country population
35,588,987
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2022
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
79
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12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.591
(150/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
4.1
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2016
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of prisoners
24,966
via US State Depa…
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12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
119 %
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
40
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2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
2.5 %
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12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
Data not disclosed
Percentage of untried prisoners
44.4 %
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12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1992
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PdM

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Overview

Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

79

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12/2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total number of prisoners

24,966

via US State Department human rights report

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12/2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

119 %

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2021

/ 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

40

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2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR