Mauritania

Capital city — Nouakchott

Country population
4,403,310
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2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Islamic Republic
Human Development Index
0.527
(161/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
11
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2016
/ WHO, World Health Organization
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
2,321
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
53
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04/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
102 %
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04/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
17
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2015
Female prisoners
1.8 %
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01/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
3.3 %
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07/2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
38.2 %
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04/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice
no execution sinc…
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

1.8 %

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01/2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

3.3 %

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07/2015

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

38.2 % (887)

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04/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no, but abolitionist in practice

no execution since 1987

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