| Country | DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (FORMERLY ZAIRE) |
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice |
| Prison administration | Directorate of Penitentiary Services |
| Contact address | Place de l'Indépendance, Commune de Gombe, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +243 884 2522 |
| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Ngoma Madiki
Director of Prisons |
| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
c.22,000
at 2010 (Joint Prison Coordination, D.R.Congo) |
| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
c.33
based on an estimated national population of 66.0 million at mid-2010 (United Nations) |
| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
c.82%
(2010) |
| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
c.3%
(2010) |
| Number of establishments /
institutions |
230
(2010 - but fewer than 90 are functioning, according to the United Nations Mission (MONUC)) |
| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
*
(July 2007 - 270.5% in the main prison in Kinshasa, there being 4,057 prisoners and an official capacity of 1,500) |
World Prison Brief supplied by the International Centre for Prison Studies, maintained by Roy Walmsley
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