Zimbabwe

Capital city — Harare

Country population
14,439,018
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2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential)
Human Development Index
0.563
(150/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
6.7
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliame…
Total number of prisoners
19,382
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04/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
114
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04/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
114 %
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04/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
46
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2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
2.4 %
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04/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.6 %
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04/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
18.6 %
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04/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Female prisoners

2.4 % (465)

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04/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

0.6 % (116)

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04/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried prisoners

18.6 % (3,605)

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04/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

no

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