Print version| Country | HONDURAS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Secretaria de Seguridad, Policia Nacional | ||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Direccion Nacional de Servicios Especiales Preventivos (DNSEP) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | Barrio El Centro, Edificio Bamma, Comayaguela, M.D.C., Honduras | ||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +504 798 0487 or 0488 fax: +504 798 0487 or 0488 Web: dnsep_hn@yahoo.com |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Oscar Ismael Colindres Hernandez
Director Nacional |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
12,336
at 2011 (Prison Advocate, Supreme Court - not including about 120 in juvenile prisons run by the Honduran Institute of the Child and the Family) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
159
based on an estimated national population of 7.77 million at mid-2011 (from CELADE figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
50.1%
(16.2.2010) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
3.5%
(December 2010) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
0%
(2011 - juveniles are the responsibility of the Instituto Hondurenos de la Ninez y la Familia (IHNF); there were 164 held by IHNF at the end of 2011.) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
1.2%
(16.2.2010) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
24
(2010 - 9 national prisons, 4 prison farms, 9 departmental 'lock-ups', 2 local 'lock-ups') |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 8,625
(2011) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
143.0%
(2011) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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