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| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Home Affairs | |||||||||||||||
| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Franklin Dorsett
Superintendent of Prisons |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
380
at April 2013 (national prison administration) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
701
based on an estimated national population of 54,200 at April 2013 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
24.7%
(April 2013) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
0.5%
(April 2013) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
1.5%
(2012 - under 18) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
4.1%
(7.12.2011) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
2
(2013 - main prison at Basseterre and prison farm on Nevis) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 212
(2012) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
194.8%
(2012) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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