South Sudan

Capital city — Juba

Country population
11,062,113
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential)
Human Development Index
0.433
(185/188)
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
13.9
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Interior and Wildlife Conse…
Total number of prisoners
7,000
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
50
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
Data not disclosed
Total number of prison facilities
80
i
06/2011
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
10.9 %
i
09/2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
Data not disclosed
Percentage of untried prisoners
28.9 %
i
09/2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

10.9 %

i

09/2015

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

Data not disclosed

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

28.9 %

i

09/2015

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no

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Peine de Mort, PdM