Gabon

Capital city — Libreville

Country population
2,172,579
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.703
(119/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, K…
Total number of prisoners
4,476
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04/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
241
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04/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
Data not disclosed
Total number of prison facilities
9
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2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
2.2 %
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04/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2.9 %
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01/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
80.2 %
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04/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2010
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

2.2 % (97)

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04/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

2.9 %

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01/2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

80.2 % (3,589)

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04/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2010

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