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CountryAngola
Ministry responsible
Ministry of the Interior (Ministerio do Interior)
Prison administration
Direccao Nacional dos Servicos Prisionais
Contact address
Avenida 4ª de Fevereiro, Luanda - Angola
Telephone
(+244) 923 973 506
Website
Email
gcii@sp.gov.ao
Head of prison administration (and title)
Bernardo Pereira do Amaral Gourgel
Director Geral do Serviço Penitenciário
Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
24 490
at 10.6.2023 (via U.S. State Department human rights report)
Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)
68
based on an estimated national population of 36.08 million at June 2023 (from United Nations figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population)
48.7%
(10.6.2023)
Female prisoners (percentage of prison population)
2.5%
(beginning of December 2022)
Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population)
3.1%
(March 2022)
Number of establishments / institutions
40
(2022)
Official capacity of prison system
Circa
20 000
(10.6.2023)
Occupancy level (based on official capacity)
Circa
122.5%
(10.6.2023)
Prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
1999 5,147 36
2001 4,000 26
2003 6,008 36
2005 c 8,300 c 46
2009 16,183 78
2011 19,898 90
2013 21,634 92
2015 24,165 96
2020 c 26,000 c 89
1999 5,147 36
2001 4,000 26
2003 6,008 36
2005 c 8,300 c 46
2009 16,183 78
2011 19,898 90
2013 21,634 92
2015 24,165 96
2020 c 26,000 c 89

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Pre-trial/remand prison population: trend

The table below gives an indication of the recent trend in the pre-trial/remand prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.

It consists of the number of pre-trial/remand prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total prison population that pre-trial/remand prisoners constituted on that day.

The final column shows the pre-trial/remand population rate per 100,000 of the national population.                                                

                                                ANGOLA

Year

Number in
pre-trial/remand
imprisonment

Percentage
of total
prison population

Pre-trial/remand
population rate
(per 100,000 of
national population)

2011
2016
 
9,487
11,000
 
47.7%
45.8%
 
43
43
 

2023

11,937

48.7%

33

It should be noted that the number of pre-trial/remand prisoners fluctuates from day to day, month to month and year to year. Consequently the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.

The pre-trial/remand population rate is calculated on the basis of the national population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international authorities.

Female prison population: trend

The table below gives an indication of the trend in the female prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.

It consists of the number of female prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total prison population that female prisoners constituted on that day. 

The final column shows the female prison population rate per 100,000 of the national population.

                                               ANGOLA

Year

Number of
female
prisoners

Percentage
of total
prison population

Female prison
population rate
(per 100,000 of
national population)

1999
2003
2011

c. 97
196
522

c. 2%
3.3%
2.7%

c. 0.7
1.2
2.3

2022

635

2.5%

2.0

The number of female prisoners fluctuates and so the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.

The female prison population rate is calculated on the basis of the national population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international authorities.

(If the rate were calculated on the basis of the number of females in the national population it would of course be approximately double the figure in the final column).

Prison population total
Prison population rate