Burkina Faso

Capital city — Ouagadougou

Country population
19,751,535
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2018
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
39
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.434
(182/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.3
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
7,812
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
190 %
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
27
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2014
Female prisoners
2.4 %
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2 %
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
36.7 %
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2018
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

2.4 % (187)

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12/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

2 % (156)

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12/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

36.7 % (2,866)

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12/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2018

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