Benin

Capital city — Porto-Novo

Country population
12,123,198
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2020
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
73
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Presidential republic
Human Development Index
0.545
(158/188)
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2020
/ 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
9,000
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
160 %
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
11
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
3.3 %
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.8 %
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
66.7 %
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2020
/ 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

3.3 %

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2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

1.8 %

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2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

66.7 %

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2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2012

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