Print version| Country | CAPE VERDE (CABO VERDE) | |||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministerio da Justiça | |||||||||
| Prison administration | Direcção Geral dos Serviços Penitenciários e Reinserçáo Social (DGSPRS) | |||||||||
| Contact address | Avenida OUA, Achada de Santo Antonio, CP 369, Praia, Ile de Santiago, Cape Verde | |||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +238 2 60 9900 or 9922 or 9926-8 fax: +238 2 62 3172 Web: www.mj.gov.cv |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
(Dr.) Fidel Tavares
Director Geral (Director General) |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
1,226
at 31.12.2010 (U.S. State Department human rights report) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
246
based on an estimated national population of 498,000 at end of 2010 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
26.3%
(31.12.2010) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
6.0%
(31.12.2010) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
7
(2010) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | c.1,200
(31.12.2010) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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