Dominica

Capital city — Roseau

Country population
71,991
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2020
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
276
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05/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.742
(94/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
26.6
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Prime Minister's Office
Total number of prisoners
204
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05/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
73 %
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07/2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
1
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World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
0.5 %
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.9 %
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07/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
23.7 %
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03/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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PdM

+

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

0.5 % (1)

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12/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.9 % (2)

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07/2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

23.7 %

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03/2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no

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