Country NEW CALEDONIA (FRANCE)
Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
423
at 1.11.2012 (French Ministry of Justice)
Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population)
163
based on an estimated national population of 260,000 at beginning of November 2012 (from United Nations figures)
Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
2.8%
(1.10.2007)
Number of establishments /
institutions
1
(2012 - Nouméa)
Official capacity of prison system 238
(1.11.2012)
Occupancy level (based on official
capacity)
177.7%
(1.11.2012)
Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
1998 303 (147)
2001 329 (153)
2004 286 (122)
2007 326 (133)
2011 438 (171)

World Prison Brief supplied by the International Centre for Prison Studies, maintained by Roy Walmsley
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