Print version| Country | NEPAL | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Home Affairs | ||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Department of Prison Management | ||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | Kalikasthan, KATHMANDU, Nepal | ||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +997 1 4444552 or 4444553 fax: +997 1 4444553 |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Durga Prasad Bhandari
Director General |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
c.14,000
at March/April 2012 (national prison administration) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
c.45
based on an estimated national population of 30.88 million at end of March 2012 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
58.9%
(13.3.2009) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
7.2%
(15.7.2011) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
6.2%
(15.7.2011) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
74
(2012) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 6,700
(March/April 2012) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
209.0%
(March/April 2012) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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