Haiti

Capital city — Port-au-Prince

Country population
11,263,077
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.51
(170/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
6.7
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
Total number of prisoners
11,500
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31/05/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
100
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05/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
454 %
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12/2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
17
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2015
/ MINUSTAH
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
4 %
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31/05/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2.3 %
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31/05/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
81.9 %
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31/05/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1987
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

4 % (459)

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31/05/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

2.3 %

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31/05/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

81.9 % (9,424)

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31/05/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1987

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