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Country ANDORRA
Ministry responsible Ministry of Justice and the Interior
Prison administration Département des institutions pénitentiaires
Contact address Casa de la Vail, AND-ANDORRA LA VELLA
Telephone/fax/website tel: +376 82 76 16
fax: +376 86 33 12
Web: centrepenitenciari@andorra.ad
Head of prison administration
(and title)
Joan Garcia March
Directeur des institutions pénitentiaires
Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
42
at November 2011 (Council of Europe CPT report)
Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population)
49
based on an estimated national population of 85,800 at November 2011 (from Eurostat figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
55.6%
(1.9.2010)
Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
19.0%
(November 2011)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
2.8%
(1.9.2010 - under 18)
Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
69.4%
(1.9.2010)
Number of establishments /
institutions
1
(2011 - La Comella)
Official capacity of prison system 125
(November 2011)
Occupancy level (based on official
capacity)
33.6%
(November 2011)
Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
1995 49 (76)
1998 40 (61)
2001 48 (72)
2004 61 (84)
2007 67 (81)
2010 61 (72)

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