Seychelles

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CountrySeychelles
Ministry responsible
Ministry of Home Affairs
Prison administration
Seychelles Prison Service
Contact address
Montagne Posse Prison, PO Box 12, Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles
Telephone
+248 430 32 00
Website
Email
superintendent@prisonservice.gov.sc
Head of prison administration (and title)
Raymond St. Ange
Superintendent of Prisons
Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
417
at 30.9.2023 (national prison administration)
Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)
413
based on an estimated national population of 100,900 at end of September 2023 (from Seychelles national statistics bureau figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population)
29.5%
(30.9.2023)
Female prisoners (percentage of prison population)
6.5%
(30.9.2023)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
0.0%
(30.9.2023 - under 18)
Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population)
1.3%
(30.6.2016)
Number of establishments / institutions
3
(2019 - Montagne Posée and prisons on Coetivy Island and Marie Louise Island)
Official capacity of prison system
757
(2016)
Occupancy level (based on official capacity)
53.8%
(2016)
Prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
2000 c 166 c 205
2002 149 178
2004 147 178
2006 174 206
2008 297 342
2010 415 462
2012 544 616
2014 765 837
2016 699 738
2018 391 403
2020 340 345
2000 c 166 c 205
2002 149 178
2004 147 178
2006 174 206
2008 297 342
2010 415 462
2012 544 616
2014 765 837
2016 699 738
2018 391 403
2020 340 345

Pre-trial detainees/remand prisoners

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)

2006
2010
2014

28
133
152

19.7%
32.0%
19.9%

33
148
166

2023

123

29.5%

122

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.

                                         SEYCHELLES  

Year

Number of
female
prisoners

Percentage
of total
prison population

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

2002
2006
2010
2016

4
10
28
33

2.7%
5.7%
6.5%
4.7%

4.8
11.8
34.8

2023

27

6.5%

26.8

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