Print version| Country | TOGO | |||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministère de la Justice | |||||||||
| Prison administration | Direction de l'Administration Pénitentiaire | |||||||||
| Contact address | Lomé, Togo | |||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +228 22 15 93 fax: +228 22 29 06 |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Kodjo Gnambi Garba
Directeur |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
3,844
at 2012 (Ligue Togolaise des Droits de l'Homme) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
61
based on an estimated national population of 6.28 million at mid-2012 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
65.0%
(2012) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
2.1%
(28.10.2011) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
1.4%
(of prisoners in Lome central prison, 31.12.2009) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
12
(2012) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | *
(in 2012 the official capacity of Lomé central prison was 666) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
*
(in 2012 there were 1,844 prisoners in Lomé central prison - an occupancy level of 277%) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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