Central African Republic

Capital city — Bangui

Country population
4,666,377
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2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.381
(188/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
19.8
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
764
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2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
16
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2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
Data not disclosed
Total number of prison facilities
8
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
8.2 %
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11/2011
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
Data not disclosed
Percentage of untried prisoners
70.2 %
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11/2011
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

8.2 %

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11/2011

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

Data not disclosed

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

70.2 %

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11/2011

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no, but abolitionist in practice

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