Guyana

Capital city — Georgetown

Country population
782,766
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential d…
Human Development Index
0.682
(122/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
14.2
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of prisoners
1,884
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11/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
239
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11/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
142 %
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11/2020
/ 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
2.8 %
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.6 %
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12/2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
39.2 %
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12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

2.8 %

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12/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.6 %

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12/2015

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

39.2 % (744)

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12/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no

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