| Country | YEMEN | ||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of the Interior | ||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Central Prisons Authority | ||||||||||||
| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
(General) Mohammed Al-Zalb
Head of the Central Prisons Authority |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
14,150
at February 2013 (national prisons administration) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
55
based on an estimated national population of 25.93 million at February 2013 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
70.1%
(February 2013) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
1.5%
(of Yemeni adult prisoners, 2011) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
2.1%
(2011 - juveniles) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
2.6%
(2011) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
21
(2011 - Central prisons in 21 governorates) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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World Prison Brief supplied by the International Centre for Prison Studies, maintained by Roy Walmsley
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