Print version| Country | GABON |
| Ministry responsible | Ministère de la Justice |
| Prison administration | Administration Pénitentiaire |
| Contact address | BP 2110, Libreville, Gabon |
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +241 73 19 63 fax: +241 73 53 19 |
| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Leopold Adze
Directeur |
| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
c.2,750
at February 2006 (U.S. State Department Human Rights Report) |
| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
196
based on an estimated national population of 1.4 million at mid-2006 (United Nations) |
| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
c.33%
(2011) |
| Number of establishments /
institutions |
9
(2011 - in addition to the nine prisons there are some jails and detention centres) |
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