Print version| Country | BAHAMAS | ||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of National Security | ||||||||||||
| Prison administration | The Bahamas Prison Service | ||||||||||||
| Contact address | Her Majesty's Prison, Fox Hill, PO Box N-504, Nassau, N.P., The Bahamas | ||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +1 242 324 6404 or 6177 fax: +1 242 324 4941 |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Patrick Wright
(Acting) Superintendent of Prisons |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
1,300
at 2011 (U.S. State Department human rights report) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
371
based on an estimated national population of 350,000 at mid-2011 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
c.46%
(2011) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
1.8%
(October 2002) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
1
(2011 - Fox Hill, containing maximum security block, remand centre and medium and minimum security units) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 1,180
(2009) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
111.8%
(2009) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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