Senegal

Capital city — Dakar

Country population
16,296,364
i
2019
/ World Bank)
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.512
(168/188)
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
7.8
i
2016
/ WHO, World Health Organization
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
11,547
i
09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
68
i
09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
130 %
i
03/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
37
i
2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2009
Female prisoners
2.7 %
i
09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2 %
i
09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
39.7 %
i
09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2004
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Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice

Prison population

Total number of prisoners

11,547

i

09/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

68

i

09/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

130 %

i

03/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

37

i

2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR