Sao Tome and Principe

Capital city — Sao Tome

Country population
215,056
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Semi-Presidential Republic
Human Development Index
0.625
(135/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
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2016
/ WHO, World Health Organization
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice, State Reform and P…
Total number of prisoners
253
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10/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
116
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10/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
127 %
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10/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
1
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
3.9 %
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10/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0 %
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10/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
32.8 %
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10/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1990
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PdM

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Country-profile

2021

Special populations

Female prisoners

3.9 % (10)

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10/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

0 %

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10/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried prisoners

32.8 % (83)

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10/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1990

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