Burundi

Capital city — Bujumbura

Country population
12,889,576
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2022
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
105
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01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.42
(187/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
5.82
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2016
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
13,898
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31/01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
323.7 %
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31/01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
13
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2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
7.5 %
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31/01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.4 %
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31/01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
51.2 %
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31/01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2009
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

7.5 % (1,038)

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31/01/2024

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

1.4 %

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31/01/2024

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

51.2 % (7,114)

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31/01/2024

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2009

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