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Country GUADELOUPE (FRANCE)
Ministry responsible French Ministry of Justice
Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
768
at 1.11.2012 (French Ministry of Justice)
Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population)
164
based on an estimated national population of 468,000 at November 2012 (from United Nations figures)
Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
2.3%
(1.10.2007)
Number of establishments /
institutions
2
(2012 - centre pénitentiaire de Baie-Mahault and maison d'arrêt de Basse-Terre)
Official capacity of prison system 634
(1.11.2012)
Occupancy level (based on official
capacity)
121.1%
(1.11.2012)
Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
1998 706 (159)
2001 628 (146)
2004 767 (173)
2007 790 (174)
2011 784 (169)

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