Print version| Country | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC | |||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministere de la Justice | |||||||||
| Prison administration | Administration Penitentiaire | |||||||||
| Contact address | BP 371, Bangui, Central Africa (Centre Afrique) | |||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +236 61 21 92 fax: +236 61 15 79 |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Sylvain N'Zas
Directeur (par interim) |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
845
at November 2011 (U.S. State Department human rights report) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
19
based on an estimated national population of 4.5 million at November 2011 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
70.2%
(in the two prisons in the capital Bangui, which hold 65% of the total prison population, November 2011) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
8.2%
(November 2011) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
56
(mid-2002) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | c.6,000
(mid-2002) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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