Belize

Capital city — Belmopan

Country population
397,621
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2020
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
258
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.716
(110/188)
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2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
37.8
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2016
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of National Security (Home Aff…
Total number of prisoners
1,046
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
49.8 %
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06/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
1
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
1.3 %
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.5 %
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
35.8 %
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice
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PdM

+

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

1.3 % (14)

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2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

1.5 %

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2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

35.8 %

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2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no, but abolitionist in practice

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