Seychelles

Capital city — Victoria

Country population
98,462
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2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.796
(67/188)
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2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
12.5
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2016
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of prisoners
285
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06/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
287
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06/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
54 %
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2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
3
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
6.7 %
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06/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.4 %
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06/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
20.4 %
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06/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1993
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

6.7 % (19)

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06/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.4 %

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06/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

20.4 % (58)

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06/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1993

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