Lebanon

Capital city — Beirut

Country population
6,848,925
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2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.73
(93/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
4
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of prisoners
6,330
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08/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
126
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08/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
180.9 %
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08/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
22
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2011
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2016
Female prisoners
4.7 %
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08/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2.4 %
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08/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
64.7 %
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08/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Female prisoners

4.7 % (297)

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08/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

2.4 %

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08/2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried prisoners

64.7 % (4,095)

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08/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

no

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