Print version| Country | CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) | |||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice and Human Rights | |||||||||
| Prison administration | Administration Pénitentiaire | |||||||||
| Contact address | BP 5340, Brazzaville, Congo | |||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +242 66 44 01 fax: +242 81 41 67 |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Jeany Ibela Ibel
Directeur Général |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
c.1,400
at 31.12.2011 (U.S. State Department human rights report) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
c.33
based on an estimated national population of 4.2 million at end of 2011 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
c.75%
(of those in the Brazzaville central prison, 31.12.2011) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
6.0%
(of those in Brazzaville central prison, 2007) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
1.8%
(of those in the two main prisons, 2011 - under 18) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
12
(2011 - of which those in Brazzaville and Pointe Noire are by far the largest) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | *
(Brazzaville central prison was built in 1943 for 150 prisoners) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
*
(Brazzaville central prison held 645 prisoners at 28.10.2011) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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