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| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | General Directorate of Prisons (Direcção Geral dos Serviços Prisionais) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | Travessa da Cruz do Torel, No. 1, 1150-122 LISBON Codex, Portugal | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +351 21 881 2200 fax: +351 21 885 3653 Web: www.dgsp.mj.pt |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Clara Albino
Director General |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
13,982
at 1.4.2013 (national prison administration - includes 160 in psychiatric institutions) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
133
based on an estimated national population of 10.5 million at beginning of April 2013 (from Eurostat figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
18.6%
(1.4.2013) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
5.5%
(1.4.2013) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
0.6%
(31.12.2011 - under 19) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
18.7%
(1.4.2013) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
49
(2010 - 17 central prisons, 4 special prisons, 27 regional prisons, 1 'Cadeia de Apoio') |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 12,077
(1.4.2013 - not including places in psychiatric institutions) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
114.4%
(1.4.2013 - not including prisoners in psychiatric institutions) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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