Benin

Capital city — Porto-Novo

Country population
11,485,048
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2018
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
68
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12/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Presedential Republic
Human Development Index
0.52
(163/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.1
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice, Legislation and Hu…
Total number of prisoners
7,890
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12/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
240 %
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03/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
10
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
5 %
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10/2012
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2.1 %
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01/2008
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
75.8 %
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12/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2012
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

5 %

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10/2012

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

2.1 %

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01/2008

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

75.8 % (5,980)

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12/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2012

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