Comoros

Capital city — Moroni

Country population
836,774
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2022
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
46
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2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Federal Republic
Human Development Index
0.586
(152/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice, Penitentiary Admin…
Total number of prisoners
422
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2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
161.7 %
(at Moroni prison…
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09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
3
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
1.6 %
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09/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
3.9 %
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09/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
43.6 %
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2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Overview

Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

46

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2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total number of prisoners

422

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2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

161.7 %

(at Moroni prison)

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09/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice, Penitentiary Administration and Islamic Affairs

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

3

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2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR