Belize

Capital city — Belmopan

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

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Overview

Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

258

i

2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total number of incarcerated people

1,046

i

2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

49.8 %

i

06/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison administration

Ministry of National Security (Home Affairs)

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

1

i

2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR