Print version| Country | SOMALIA |
| Ministry responsible | The authorities in three distinct entities: the Transitional Federal Government, based in Mogadishu; the self-declared Republic of Somaliland in the north-west; and the semi-autonomous region of Puntland in the north-east. |
| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
2,900
at least and perhaps thousands more. An estimated 400 prisoners were in the central prison in Mogadishu in 2011, approximately 2,000 in Somaliland, 500 in one of the prisons of Puntland and "observers estimated that thousands were incarcerated" by Al-Shabaab in the regions under its control (U.S. State Department human rights report) |
| Number of establishments /
institutions |
*
(Prisons include those located in Hargeisa, Somaliland, in Bosasso, Galkayo and Garowe, Puntland and in the Somali capital Mogadishu.) |
| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
*
(The main Somaliland prison in Hargeisa, designed for 150 prisoners, held more than 700 in 2008 - U.S. State Department human rights report.) |
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