Print version| Country | KAZAKHSTAN | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Internal Affairs | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Committee of the Criminal-Executive System (KUIS) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | Mailin street 2, Astana city B, 010000, Kazakhstan | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +7 3172 723000 or 723001 fax: +7 3172 714505 or 351960 Web: www.kuis.kz |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Bayurzhan Maratovich Berdalin
Chairperson of the Criminal-Executive System,
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
51,593
at 1.2.2012 (national prison administration, via Penal Reform International) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
316
based on an estimated national population of 16.32 million at beginning of February 2012 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
13.2%
(1.2.2012) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
7.8%
(1.2.2012) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
0.5%
(1.2.2012 - under 18) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
4.5%
(1.2.2012) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
94
(2012 - 19 pre-trial detention centres, 75 penal institutions) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 71,900
(1.2.2012 - 14,320 in pre-trial detention centres, 57,580 in prisons/colonies for sentenced prisoners) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
71.8%
(1.2.2012) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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