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Country NAURU
Prison administration Nauru Prison and Correctional Services
Telephone/fax/website tel: +674 444 5573084
Web: david.detagouwa@naurugov.nr
Head of prison administration
(and title)
David Detagouwa
Chief Correctional Officer
Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
20
at 31.12.2010 (U.S. State Department human rights report)
Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population)
139
based on an estimated national population of 14,400 at end of 2010 (from World Factbook figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
25.0%
(31.12.2010)
Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
5.0%
(31.12.2010)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
0%
(2010)
Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
6.7%
(11.6.2010)
Number of establishments /
institutions
1
(2010)
Official capacity of prison system 60
(31.12.2010)
Occupancy level (based on official
capacity)
33.3%
(31.12.2010)
Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
2003 6 (48)
2005 3 (23)
2009 37 (264)

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