Nigeria

Capital city — Abuja

Country population
196,270,000
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2017
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
37
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2017
/ ICPR
Human Development Index
0
Human Development Index
0.527
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Interior
Total number of prisoners
72,179
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2017
/ ICPR
Prison density
126 %
i
2016
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
240
i
2014
An NPM has been established
Yes
since 2009
Female prisoners
2 %
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2017
/ ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
67.5 %
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2017
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
No

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Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

37

i

2017

/ ICPR

Total number of prisoners

72,179

i

2017

/ ICPR

Prison density

126 %

i

2016

/ ICPR

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Interior

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

240

i

2014

Total official capacity of the prison facilities

50,153

i

2016

/ ICPR