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Cameroon
Capital city — Yaoundé
Country population
i2022Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
i06/2022Type of government
Human Development Index
0.587(151/193)
iHomicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Total number of prisoners
i06/2022Prison density
i09/2021Total number of prison facilities
i2020An NPM has been established
Female prisoners
i31/10/2020Incarcerated minors
i31/10/2020Percentage of untried prisoners
i09/2021Death penalty is abolished
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Overview
Prison population
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
116
i
06/2022
Total number of prisoners
32,003
i
06/2022
Prison density
177.6 %
i
09/2021
Name of authority in charge of the prison service
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prison facilities
79
i
2020