| Country | PAPUA NEW GUINEA | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry for Correctional Service | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Papua New Guinea Correctional Service | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | PNG Correctional Service Headquarter, Kinhill Kramer Building, Waigani, P.O.Box 6889, Boroko, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +675 323 4180 fax: +675 323 0407 web: rsikani@hq.cs.gov.pg |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Richard Sikani
Commissioner |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
3,467
at mid-2012 (national prison administration, via Asian and Pacific Conference of Correctional Administrators) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
48
based on an estimated national population of 7.2 million at mid-2012 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
24.4%
(mid-2012) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
9.4%
(mid-2012) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
3.7%
(31.12.2011 - under 18) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
0.4%
(19.6.2009) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
19
(2011) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 4,366
(31.12.2011) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
94.7%
(31.12.2011) |
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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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