Print version| Country | TANZANIA | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Home Affairs | ||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Tanzania Prisons Service | ||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | Prison Headquarters, P.O. Box 9190, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | ||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +255 22 2110314-6 fax: +255 22 2113737 Web: www.moha.go.tz |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
John Casmir Minja
Principal Commissioner of Prisons |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
36,552
at January 2013 (Parliamentary Committee - not including prisoners in Zanzibar where there were 3,583 at July 2007) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
78
based on an estimated national population of 47.0 million at January 2013, excluding Zanzibar (from United Nations and other estimates) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
51.3%
(December 2011) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
c.3%
(December 2011) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
3.9%
(1.9.2009 - under 18) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
3.7%
(1.9.2009) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
126
(2009) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 29,400
(January 2013) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
124.3%
(January 2013) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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