Cameroon

Capital city — Yaoundé

Country population
25,216,237
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2018
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
124
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12/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.563
(150/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.4
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
30,701
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12/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
171 %
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12/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
79
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
2.7 %
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12/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
3.1 %
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12/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
58.1 %
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12/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

2.7 % (829)

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12/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

3.1 % (952)

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12/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

58.1 % (17,845)

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12/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no

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