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Country MOROCCO
Ministry responsible Ministère de la Justice
Prison administration Direction de l'Administration Pénitentiaire et de la Réinsertion
Contact address Ministère de la Justice, Rabat, Morocco
Telephone/fax/website tel: +212 37 68 66 29
fax: +212 37 68 64 88
Web: www.dgapr.gov.ma
Head of prison administration
(and title)
Hafid Benachem
Délégué Général
Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
72,000
at 1.1.2013 (national prison administration)
Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population)
220
based on an estimated national population of 32.75 million at beginning of 2013 (from United Nations figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
45.0%
(1.10.2011)
Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
2.7%
(of adult prisoners, 31.12.2010)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
7.9%
(31.8.2010 - under 20)
Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
1.8%
(31.12.2010)
Number of establishments /
institutions
73
(2012 - 3 prisons centrales, 58 prisons locales, 4 centres de réforme, 8 prisons agricoles)
Official capacity of prison system 40,000
(30.9.2010)
Occupancy level (based on official
capacity)
157.8%
(30.9.2010)
Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
1993 40,067 (152)
1997 48,600 (175)
2000 54,288 (188)
2003 54,542 (182)
2006 53,580 (173)
2008 59,212 (186)

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