Print version| Country | QATAR | |||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Interior | |||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Administration of the Penal and Reformatory Institutions | |||||||||||||||
| Contact address | P.O.Box 920, Doha, Qatar | |||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +974 4330 000 fax: +974 4429 565 |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
(Colonel) Mohamed Saud al-Utaibi
Director |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
c.1,150
at 2011 (U.S. State Department human rights report) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
c.60
based on an estimated national population of 1.92 million at mid-2011 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
c.44%
(2011) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
14.7%
(31.12.2008) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
0%
(2000) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
73.3%
(31.12.2008) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
1
(2012 - central prison) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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