Djibouti

Capital city — Djibouti

Country population
1,120,849
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2022
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
71
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.515
(171/193)
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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 and M…
Total number of prisoners
662
via the United Na…
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
171 %
at Gabode prison
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2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
2
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
5 %
estimated percent…
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
5 %
estimated percent…
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
35.8 %
i
2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1995
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Peine de Mort, PdM

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

5 %

estimated percentage

i

2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

5 %

estimated percentage

i

2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

35.8 %

i

2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1995

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Peine de Mort, PdM