Print version| Country | ZIMBABWE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Zimbabwe Prison Service | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | Private Bag 7718, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +263 4 706501/4 or 777384/5 or 710095/7 or 754197 fax: +263 4 754157 Web: zps@gta.gov.zw |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Paradzayi Willings Zimondi
Commissioner |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
16,902
at February 2013 (national prison administration) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
129
based on an estimated national population of 13.1 million at February 2013 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
c.30%
(October 2010) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
3.5%
(February 2013) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
0.7%
(February 2013 - under 18) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
0.7%
(31.12.2008) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
46
(2010 - there are also 26 satellite prisons) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 17,000
(February 2013) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
99.4%
(February 2013) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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