Guyana

Capital city — Georgetown

Country population
779,004
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2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential d…
Human Development Index
0.67
(123/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
14.8
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of prisoners
2,069
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06/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
264
i
2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
147 %
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10/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
5
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
4.2 %
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01/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.7 %
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12/2010
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
37.3 %
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Home Affairs

Prison population

Total number of prisoners

2,069

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06/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

264

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2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

147 %

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10/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

5

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2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR