Liberia

Capital city — Monrovia

Country population
4,818,977
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2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential)
Human Development Index
0.465
(176/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
3.2
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
2,426
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
50
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
166 %
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12/2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
16
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
2.3 %
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07/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1 %
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12/2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
63 %
estimated percent…
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

2.3 %

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07/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

1 %

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12/2015

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

63 % (1,528)

estimated percentage

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2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no, but abolitionist in practice

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