Cape Verde

Capital city — Praia

Country population
593,149
i
2022
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
366
i
09/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Semi-Presidential Republic
Human Development Index
0.661
(131/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
6.18
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2020
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
2,100
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09/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
109 %
i
31/08/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
5
i
2021
/ 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 %
i
30/09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1981
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PdM

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Safeguards

National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies

An NPM has been established

yes, since 2018