Print version| 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 |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Hafid Benachem
Délégué Général |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
72,000
at 1.1.2013 (national prison administration) |
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| 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) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
45.0%
(1.10.2011) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
2.7%
(of adult prisoners, 31.12.2010) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
7.9%
(31.8.2010 - under 20) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
1.8%
(31.12.2010) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
73
(2012 - 3 prisons centrales, 58 prisons locales, 4 centres de réforme, 8 prisons agricoles) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 40,000
(30.9.2010) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
157.8%
(30.9.2010) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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