Print version| Country | NIGERIA | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Internal Affairs | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Nigerian Prisons Service | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | National Prisons Headquarters, PMB16, Old Federal Secretariat Block 6, Area 1, Garki, Abuja, Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +234 9 234 1709 fax: +234 9 234 4634 Web: www.prisons.gov.ng |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Zakari Ibrahim
Comptroller-General of Prisons |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
52,904
at 31.1.2013 (national prison adminstration) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
31
based on an estimated national population of 168.6 million at end of January 2013 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
69.6%
(31.1.2013) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
1.9%
(31.1.2013) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
c.1%
(May 2011 - juveniles) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
234
(2012) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 47,284
(31.1.2013) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
111.9%
(31.1.2013) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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