Guinea

Capital city — Conakry

Country population
13,859,341
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2022
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.471
(181/193)
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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
Total number of prisoners
4,375
via Amnesty Inter…
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10/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
34
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10/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
171.4 %
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10/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
31
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2021
/ 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
54.2 %
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10/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2017
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Special populations

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

54.2 % (2,370)

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10/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2017

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