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Eritrea
Capital city —
Asmara
Country population
3,213,972
i
2011
/
World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
-
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.434
(182/188)
i
2018
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
7.8
i
2016
/
WHO, World Health Organization
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
The Eritrean Police
Total number of prisoners
-
Prison density
-
Total number of prison facilities
-
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
-
Incarcerated minors
-
Percentage of untried prisoners
-
Death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice
i
PdM
+
Panorama
Year
2020
2024
2021
2020
Introduction
Overview
Prison population
Organisation
Prison facilities
Safeguards
National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies
Special populations
Women
Minors
Untried prisoners
Death penalty prisoners
Print
Special populations
Women
Female prisoners
-
not disclosed
Minors
Incarcerated minors
-
not disclosed
Untried prisoners
Percentage of untried prisoners
-
not disclosed
Death penalty prisoners
Death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice
i
PdM
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