Senegal

Capital city — Dakar

Country population
17,763,163
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2023
/ World Bank)
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.517
(169/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
13,185
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04/09/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
69
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09/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
129.7 %
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03/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
37
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2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2009
Female prisoners
2.6 %
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01/08/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1 %
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01/08/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
53.8 %
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04/09/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2004
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

2.6 %

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01/08/2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

1 %

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01/08/2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

53.8 % (7,096)

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04/09/2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2004

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