Print version| Country | JORDAN | ||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of the Interior | ||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Public Security Directorate | ||||||||||||
| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
(Brigadier-General) Wadah Al-hmoud
Director of Correctional and Rehabilitation Centres |
||||||||||||
| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
6,066
at 6.12.2011 (national prison administration) |
||||||||||||
| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
95
based on an estimated national population of 6.4 million at December 2011 (from United Nations figures) |
||||||||||||
| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
47.2%
(18.8.2011) |
||||||||||||
| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
3.0%
(18.8.2011) |
||||||||||||
| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
*
(Juveniles in custody are held not by the prison administration but by the Ministry of Social Development; 170 were so held in 2011.) |
||||||||||||
| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
14.0%
(18.8.2011) |
||||||||||||
| Number of establishments /
institutions |
15
(2011 - not including custodial institutions for juveniles) |
||||||||||||
| Official capacity of prison system | 9,042
(18.8.2011) |
||||||||||||
| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
69.3%
(18.8.2011) |
||||||||||||
| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
|
Please send new or updated information to admin@icps.essex.ac.uk
