Barbados

Capital city — Bridgetown

Country population
281,635
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2022
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
258
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12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary republic
Human Development Index
0.809
(62/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
15.27
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2022
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of prisoners
743
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12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
61.5 %
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07/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
1
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2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
3.4 %
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12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
5.9 %
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12/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
54.7 %
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31/12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Country-profile

Special populations

Female prisoners

3.4 % (25)

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12/2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

5.9 %

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12/2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried prisoners

54.7 %

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31/12/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

no

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