Print version| Country | REPUBLIC OF GUINEA | |||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministère de la Justice | |||||||||
| Prison administration | Direction de l'Administration Pénitentiaire | |||||||||
| Contact address | B.P. 564, Conakry, Guinea | |||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +224 41 39 97 fax: +224 41 50 38 |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
(Mr.) Sylla Naby Youssouf
Directeur de l'administration pénitentiaire |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
c.4,000
at 2011 (estimate by NGOs, quoted in U.S. State Department human rights report) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
c.39
based on an estimated national population of 10.2 million at mid-2011 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
67.2%
(December 2008) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
4.8%
(December 2008) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
6.9%
(December 2008 - juveniles) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
3.5%
(December 2008) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
32
(2010) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 1,590
(December 2008) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
174.8%
(December 2008) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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