Print version| Country | LESOTHO | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and Rehabilitation | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Lesotho Correctional Service | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | PO Box 41, Maseru 100, Lesotho | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +266 22 312325 fax: +266 22 325008 Web: www.justice.gov.ls/prisons/prison.html |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Mojalefa Phillip Thulo
Commissioner of Corrections |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
2,243
at 2011 (U.S. State Department human rights report) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
107
based on an estimated national population of 2.1 million at mid-2011 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
17.6%
(2011) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
3.7%
(2011) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
3.9%
(2011 - under 18) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
0.9%
(31.12.2009) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
12
(2007) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 2,866
(2011) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
78.3%
(2011) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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