Dominican Republic

Capital city — Santo Domingo

Country population
10,627,165
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2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.745
(89/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
11.3
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Office of the Attorney General
Total number of prisoners
26,782
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11/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
243
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11/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
183 %
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
41
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
2.8 %
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03/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2.3 %
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08/2010
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
61.4 %
estimated percent…
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1966
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

2.8 %

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03/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

2.3 %

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08/2010

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

61.4 %

estimated percentage

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2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1966

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