Print version| Country | IRAN | |||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | The Judiciary | |||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | The Prisons Organisation | |||||||||||||||
| Contact address | BP 19853-353, Tehran, Iran | |||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +98 21 235 6300 fax: +98 21 209 4896 |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Golamhosein Esmaeili
President |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
217,000
at 25.12.2012 (national prison administration) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
284
based on an estimated national population of 76.4 million at December 2012 (from Statistical Centre of Iran figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
25.7%
(1.1.2010) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
3.5%
(1.1.2010) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
1.0%
(1.1.2010 - minors) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
249
(December 2012) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 113,000
(25.12.2012) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
192.0%
(25.12.2012) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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