Print version| Country | TIMOR-LESTE (FORMERLY EAST TIMOR) |
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice |
| Prison administration | Direcção Nacional dos Serviços Prisionais e de Reinserção Social - Timor-Leste Prisons Service (TLPS) |
| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Helena Madeira Gomes
Director of Prisons |
| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
260
at 2011 (U.S. State Department human rights report) |
| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
22
based on an estimated national population of 1.18 million at mid-2011 (World Bank figures) |
| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
42.6%
(2009) |
| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
3.1%
(2011) |
| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
6.5%
(2011 - juveniles) |
| Number of establishments /
institutions |
2
(2011 - Becora prison and Gleno prison) |
| Official capacity of prison system | 420
(2011) |
| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
61.9%
(2011) |
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