Brunei Darussalam

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CountryBrunei Darussalam
Ministry responsible
Ministry of Home Affairs
Prison administration
Brunei Darussalam Prisons Department
Contact address
Kementerian Hal Ehwal Dalam Negeri, Jalan Jerudong, BG 3122, Negara Brunei Darussalam
Telephone
+673 266 1266
Fax
+673 266 0380
Website
Email
info@prisons.gov.bn
Head of prison administration (and title)
Haji Isamuddin bin Abdullah Juna
Acting Director of Prisons
Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
841
at 28.11.2020 (Ministry of Home Affairs)
Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)
186
based on an estimated national population of 452,000 at November 2020 (from United Nations figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population)
7.1%
(mid-2015)
Female prisoners (percentage of prison population)
11.9%
(2019)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
0.4%
(13.8.2007 - under 18)
Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population)
29.2%
(2019)
Number of establishments / institutions
3
(2019 - Jerudong (male), Jerudong (female), Maraburong)
Official capacity of prison system
585
(28.11.2020)
Occupancy level (based on official capacity)
143.8%
(28.11.2020)
Prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
2000 333 101
2002 454 132
2004 463 130
2006 522 142
2008 453 119
2010 379 96
2012 485 119
2014 594 142
2017 847 198
2019 1,365 307
2000 333 101
2002 454 132
2004 463 130
2006 522 142
2008 453 119
2010 379 96
2012 485 119
2014 594 142
2017 847 198
2019 1,365 307

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. 

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Year

Number in
pre-trial/remand
imprisonment

Percentage
of total
prison population

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

2000
2005
2010

32
35
17

9.6%
7.1%
4.5%

10
10
4

2015

40

7.1%

9

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.

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Year

Number of
female
prisoners

Percentage
of total
prison population

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

2000
2005
2010
2015

22
37
37
41

6.6%
7.5%
9.8%
7.3%

6.7
10.2
9.3
9.7

2019

162

11.9%

36.4

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