Cameroon

Capital city — Yaoundé

Country population
26,545,864
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2020
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
85
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10/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.563
(153/188)
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2019
/ 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
22,430
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31/10/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
125 %
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31/10/2020
/ 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
2.6 %
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31/10/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2.6 %
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31/10/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
66.8 %
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31/10/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Female prisoners

2.6 %

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31/10/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

2.6 %

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31/10/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried prisoners

66.8 %

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31/10/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

no

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