Print version| Country | EGYPT | ||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of the Interior | ||||||||||||
| Contact address | Prisons Foundation, El Qolaly, Cairo, Egypt | ||||||||||||
| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Mohamed Ebrahim
Director of the prisons |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
c.66,000
at 2011 (U.S. State Department human rights report) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
c.80
based on an estimated national population of 82.5 million at mid-2011 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
9.9%
(31.12.2006) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
3.7%
(31.12.2006) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
1.0%
(of convicted adults, 31.12.2002) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
44
(2006 - there are no prisons for juveniles within this total but 30 institutions for juveniles are operated by a separate Ministry) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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