Mauritius

Capital city — Port Louis

Country population
1,265,711
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.804
(66/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.9
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Prime Minister's Office
Total number of prisoners
2,815
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03/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
218
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03/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
69 %
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2017
/ Stats Mauritius, p. 01.
Total number of prison facilities
11
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2007
Female prisoners
6.1 %
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03/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2.9 %
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2012
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
59.4 %
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03/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1995
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PdM

+

2021

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

6.1 % (171)

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03/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

2.9 %

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2012

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

59.4 % (1,671)

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03/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1995

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