Guinea

Capital city — Conakry

Country population
12,400,000
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.466
(174/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
8.9
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2016
/ WHO, World Health Organization
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
3,782
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
28
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
157 %
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
28
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
3 %
(estimated figure…
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02/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
5 %
(estimated figure…
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02/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
60 %
(estimated figure…
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2017
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

3 %

(estimated figure)

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02/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

5 %

(estimated figure)

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02/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

60 %

(estimated figure)

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2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2017

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