Lebanon

Capital city — Beirut

Country population
6,825,442
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2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.744
(92/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.5
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of prisoners
6,670
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09/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
98
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09/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
190.6 %
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09/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
25
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2016
Female prisoners
3.4 %
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2.2 %
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09/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
55.5 %
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Female prisoners

3.4 % (224)

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2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

2.2 %

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09/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried prisoners

55.5 % (3,703)

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2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

no

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