Print version| Country | BURUNDI | |||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministère de la Justice | |||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Direction Générale des Affaires Pénitentiaires | |||||||||||||||
| Contact address | BP 200 Bujumbura, Burundi | |||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +257 22 44 86 fax: +257 21 95 45 |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Deogratias Suzuguye
Directeur Général des Affaires Pénitentiaires |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
10,389
at 31.5.2012 (Presidential Spokesman, Burundi) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
118
based on an estimated national population of 8.79 million at end of May 2012 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
62.6%
(31.1.2010) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
4.0%
(30.11.2011) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
4.6%
(30.11.2011 - under 18) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
0.3%
(31.1.2010) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
11
(2011) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 4,050
(30.11.2011) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
258.7%
(30.11.2011) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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