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Burkina Faso
Capital city —
Ouagadougou
Country population
18,360,000
i
2015
/ UNDP
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
41
i
2015
/
ICPR
Type of government
Semi-presidential Republic
Human Development Index
0.402
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and C…
Total number of prisoners
7,544
i
2015
/
ICPR
Prison density
189 %
i
2015
/
ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
25
i
2015
/ World Prison Brief
An NPM has been established
Yes
Female prisoners
1.5 %
i
2015
/
ICPR
Incarcerated minors
3.2 %
i
2015
/
ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
44.4 %
i
2015
/
ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
No, but abolitionnist in practice
No executions sin…
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Contributor(s)
Fernand Bationo
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Prison population
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
41
i
2015
/
ICPR
Total number of prisoners
7,544
i
2015
/
ICPR
Prison density
189 %
i
2015
/
ICPR
Organisation
Name of authority in charge of the prison service
Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and Civic Promotion
Prison facilities
Total number of prison facilities
25
i
2015
/ World Prison Brief
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