Print version| Country | NIGER | ||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministere de la Justice | ||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Administration Penitentiaire et des Grâces | ||||||||||||
| Contact address | BP 466, Niamey, Niger | ||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +227 72 39 72 fax: +227 72 39 72 or 72 35 77 |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
(Mme.) Florentine Fatondji
Directrice |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
c.7,000
at 31.12.2010 (U.S. State Department human rights report) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
c.43
based on an estimated national population of 16.2 million at end of 2010 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
c.76%
(2006 - U.S. State Department Human Rights Report) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
c.3%
(2011) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
38
(2011) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 8,840
(27.5.2006) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
64.6%
(27.5.2006. At 31.12.2007 there were 759 prisoners in the main prison in the capital Niamey. The official capacity being 350, the occupancy rate was thus 216.9%.) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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