Print version| Country | TUVALU | |||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Office of the Prime Minister | |||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Police, Immgration and Prisons Department | |||||||||||||||
| Contact address | Police Headquarters, National Co-ordination Centre, Box 33, Funafuti, Tuvalu | |||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +688 20728 fax: +688 20159 Web: compol@tuvalu.tv |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Ken T. Sione
Senior Warder (under overall command of the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Motulu Jack Pedro, in his role as Superintendent of Prisons) |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
12
at November 2011 (U.S. State Department human rights report) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
120
based on an estimated national population of 10,000 at November 2011 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
0%
(November 2011) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
8.3%
(November 2011) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
0%
(November 2011 - under 18) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
0%
(26.7.2007) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
2
(2011) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 55
(2002) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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