Print version| Country | FIJI | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Fiji Prisons and Corrections Services | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | Level 2, Civic House, P.O.Box 114, Suva, Fiji | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +679 330 3512 or 2986 fax: +679 330 2523 Web: www.corrections.org.fj |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
(Lt. Colonel) Ifereimi Vasu
Commissioner |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
1,537
at November 2012 (national prison administration) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
174
based on an estimated national population of 882,000 at November 2012 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
21.7%
(mid-2012) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
3.3%
(mid-2012) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
3.3%
(22.10.2009 - juveniles) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
1.6%
(mid-2012) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
12
(2010) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 1,091
(1.9.2010) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
105.4%
(1.9.2010) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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