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Country CAYMAN ISLANDS (UNITED KINGDOM)
Ministry responsible Portfolio of Internal and External Affairs
Prison administration Cayman Islands Prison Service
Contact address Office of the Commissioner of Corrections and Rehabilitation, 3rd floor, Government Administration Building, George Town, Grand Cayman, KY 1 - 9000, Cayman Islands, British West Indies
Telephone/fax/website tel: +1 345 947 3000
fax: +1 345 947 3014
Head of prison administration
(and title)
Franz Manderson
Acting Commissioner of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
212
at 2010 - annual average (government publication)
Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population)
382
based on an estimated national population of 55,500 at mid-2010 (from Cayman government figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
19.6%
(31.8.2009)
Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
5.2%
(2010 - annual average)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
1.0%
(31.8.2009 - under 18)
Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
16.0%
(31.8.2009)
Number of establishments /
institutions
3
(2009 - Northward (males) and Fairbanks (females), Eagle House Rehabilitation Centre (juveniles and young prisoners)
Official capacity of prison system 179
(31.8.2009)
Occupancy level (based on official
capacity)
108.4%
(31.8.2009)
Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
1995 178 (546)
1998 260 (682)
2001 223 (539)
2004 188 (425)
2007 221 (409)

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