Print version| Country | GAMBIA | |||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of the Interior | |||||||||
| Prison administration | Gambia Prisons Service | |||||||||
| Contact address | Central Prison, Mile Two, Banjul, Gambia | |||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +220 420 10 69 fax: +220 420 10 69 |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
David C. Colley
Director General |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
c.1,000
at 31.12.2011 (U.S. State Department human rights report) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
c.56
based on an estimated national population of 1.8 million at end of 2011 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
c.30%
(31.12.2009) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
1.2%
(June 1999) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
66.7%
(September 2002) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
3
(2006 - Mile Two, Janjanbureh and Jeshwang prisons. There are also some local jails.) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 780
(2006) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
65.0%
(June 1999) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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