Comoros

Capital city — Moroni

Country population
832,322
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2018
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
27
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Federal Republic
Human Development Index
0.538
(156/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
7.9
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2016
/ WHO, World Health Organization
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice, Penitentiary Admin…
Total number of prisoners
225
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
225 %
(at Moroni prison…
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
3
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
2.2 %
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.3 %
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
29 %
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12/2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Female prisoners

2.2 % (5)

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12/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

1.3 % (3)

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12/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried prisoners

29 %

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12/2015

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

no

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