Sudan

Capital city — Khartoum

Country population
42,813,238
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2019
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
52
(estimate)
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07/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Federal Republic
Human Development Index
0.51
(170/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of prisoners
21,000
(estimate)
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07/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
-
Prison density
255 %
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2009
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
125
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2002
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
2 %
(estimate)
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03/2003
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2 %
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03/2003
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
20.4 %
i
2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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PdM

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2021

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

2 %

(estimate)

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03/2003

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

2 %

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03/2003

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

20.4 %

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2013

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no

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