Morocco and Western Sahara

Capital city — Rabat

Country population
36,029,093
i
2018
/ PNUD, Human Development Report
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
237
i
09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.676
(121/188)
i
2017
/ PNUD, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.1
i
2017
/ PNUD, Human Development Reports
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
the Prime Minister
Total number of prisoners
85,767
i
09/2019
/ DGAPR / World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
8.9
i
12/2018
/ DGAPR, "2018 Activities Report", p. 140.
Prison density
137 %
i
12/2018
/ DGAPR
Total number of prison facilities
76
i
31/12/2018
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2018
Female prisoners
2.3 %
i
2018
/ Delegation for Prison Administration and Rehabilitation (DGAPR), “Activity report 2018”, p. 32.
Incarcerated minors
1.5 %
Including 41 girl…
i
31/12/2018
/ Delegation for Prison Administration and Rehabilitation (DGAPR), “Activity report 2018”, p. 32.
Percentage of untried prisoners
39.1 %
i
31/12/2018
/ DGAPR, "Activity report 2018", p. 32.
Death penalty is abolished
no, but suspended in practice
The death penalty…

Contributor(s)Observatoire marocain des prisons (OMP) / independent experts

Moroccan Code of Criminal Procedure (in French)
Kingdom of Morocco Penal Code (consolated 15 septembre 2011)
Moroccan Constitution, enacted 29 July 2011 (in French)
Law n° 23-98, 25 August 1999, relating to the organisation and operation of prisons (Penal Law) (in French)
Law n°1-18-17, 22 February 2018, relating to the reorganisation of the National Human Rights Council (in French)

Amnesty International, “Morocco: Shadow of Impunity - Torture in Morocco and Western Sahara”, 2015.  
Amnesty International, Morocco and Western Sahara 2019, 2020.     
UN Human Rights Council, “UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention – Moroccan mission”, 2014.  (in French)
UN Human Rights Council, “September 2012 visit report”, 2013.    (in French)
General Delegation for Prison Administration and Rehabilitation, 2018 report, 2019 (in Arabic). 
General Delegation for Prison Administration and Rehabilitation, “2018 Activity Report”, 2019 (in Arabic).  
General Delegation for Prison Administration and Rehabilitation, “Moroccan penitentiary framework, DGAPR 2016-2020 strategy”, 2019.
International Human Rights Federation report (FIDH), “Morocco - Moroccan judicial reforms: time for conclusions and effective implementation”, 2012. (in French)
Moroccan Observatory of Prisons, Press release relating to the annual report of Moroccan prisons and prisoners- 2018, 2019 (in French)