Print version| Country | ANGOLA | ||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of the Interior (Ministerio do Interior) | ||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Direccao Nacional dos Servicos Prisionais | ||||||||||||
| Contact address | avda 4 de Fevereiro, Luanda, Angola | ||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +244 2 391 397 or 2 391 349 fax: +244 2 332 917 |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Domingos Ferreira de Andrade
Director Nacional |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
19,056
at 31.12.2011 (U.S. State Department human rights report) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
96
based on an estimated national population of 19.9 million at end of 2011 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
47.7%
(November 2011) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
2.7%
(31.12.2011) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
34
(2011) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 11,692
(November 2011) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
170.2%
(November 2011) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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