Burundi

Capital city — Bujumbura

Country population
11,175,537
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2018
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
85
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.423
(185/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
6
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
10,832
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07/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
258 %
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07/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
13
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07/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
5.4 %
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09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.1 %
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07/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
49.8 %
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07/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2009
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

5.4 %

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09/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

1.1 % (119)

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07/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

49.8 % (5,392)

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07/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2009

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