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Country MALI
Ministry responsible Ministere de la Justice
Prison administration Direction National de l'Administration Penitentiaire et de l'Education Surveille (DNAPES)
Contact address BP 97, Bamako, Mali
Telephone/fax/website tel: +223 221 4144 or 675 5505
fax: +223 222 4947
Web: www.justicemali.org/dnapes.htm
Head of prison administration
(and title)
Bourama Sidibe
Directeur National
Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
5,817
at 28.9.2011 (U.S. State Department human rights report)
Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population)
36
based on an estimated national population of 15.94 million at September 2011 (from United Nations figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
43.4%
(28.9.2011)
Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
2.0%
(February 2002)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
1.2%
(February 2002)
Number of establishments /
institutions
58
(2002)
Official capacity of prison system 3,000
(mid-2009)
Occupancy level (based on official
capacity)
223.3%
(mid-2009)
Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
1995 4,384 (41)
1998 3,135 (29)
2002 4,040 (34)
2004 4,407 (33)
2009 6,700 (52)

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