Cape Verde

Capital city — Praia

Country population
549,935
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2019
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
296
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09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Semi-Presedential Republic
Human Development Index
0.665
(126/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
1,549
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09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
109 %
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08/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
5
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2018
Female prisoners
2.9 %
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03/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
Data not disclosed
Percentage of untried prisoners
31.7 %
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09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1981
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PdM

+

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

2.9 %

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03/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

Data not disclosed

not disclosed

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

31.7 % (491)

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09/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1981

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