Print version| Country | ST. LUCIA | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Home Affairs and National Security | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Bordelais Correctional Facility | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | P.O. Box 105, Dennery, St. Lucia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +758 468 7100 or 7101 fax: +758 468 7139 |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Hilary Herman
Director of Corrections |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
554
at 31.12.2011 (U.S. State Department human rights report) |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
313
based on an estimated national population of 177,000 at end of 2011 (from United Nations figures) |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
49.5%
(31.12.2011) |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
1.4%
(31.12.2011) |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
0.9%
(3.12.2011 - under 18) |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
3.0%
(3.12.2011) |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of establishments /
institutions |
1
(2011 - Bordelais) |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Official capacity of prison system | 500
(31.12.2011) |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
110.8%
(31.12.2011) |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
|
Please send new or updated information to admin@icps.essex.ac.uk
