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Country KIRIBATI
Ministry responsible Office of the President
Prison administration Kiribati Prison Service
Contact address P.O.Box 497, Betio, Tarawa, Republic of Kiribati
Telephone/fax/website tel: +686 26187
fax: +686 25291 or 26370
Web: compol@tskl.net.ki
Head of prison administration
(and title)
Ioeru Tokantetaake
Acting Commissioner of Police and Prisons
Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
106
at mid-2012 (national prison administration, via Asian and Pacific Conference of Correctional Administrators)
Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population)
103
based on an estimated national population of 103,200 at mid-2012 (from United Nations figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
4.7%
(mid-2012)
Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
2.8%
(mid-2012)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
0%
(August 2011 - under 18)
Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
0%
(mid-2012)
Number of establishments /
institutions
4
(2007 - 3 for males, 1 for females)
Official capacity of prison system 80
(31.5.2007 - 70 in the male prisons, 10 in the female prisons)
Occupancy level (based on official
capacity)
110.0%
(31.5.2007)
Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
1992 58 (78)
1995 91 (118)
2001 63 (73)
2004 81 (90)
2007 93 (98)
2010 90 (90)

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