Print version| Country | SURINAME | |||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice and Police | |||||||||||||||
| Contact address | Central Penitentiary Institution, Welgedacht - A273, District Wanica, Suriname | |||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +597 3 500042 fax: +597 4 12109 |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
(Director of Prisons) |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
1,010
at February 2011 (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
191
based on an estimated national population of 528,000 at February 2011 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
c.55%
(2005) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
4.9%
(17.10.2009) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
5.7%
(2005 - minors) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
19.3%
(1.7.2000 - of convicted prisoners only) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
24
(2011 - 3 prisons, one pre-trial detention centre, one juvenile detention centre and 19 temporary detention centres in police stations) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 1,277
(2011) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
79.1%
(2011) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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