| Country | COSTA RICA | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministerio de Justicia y Paz | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Direccion General de Adaptacion Social | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | 2do piso del edificio del Ministerio de Justicia, 400mts Sur del Banco Popular, San Jose, Costa Rica | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +506 2256 6700 (ext. 262) fax: +506 2222 0661 web: adaptacion.mjp.go.cr |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
(Lic.) Reynaldo Villalobos Zuniga
Director General de Adaptacion Social |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
14,963
at 31.7.2012 (national prison administration) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
314
based on an estimated national population of 4.77 million at end of July 2012 (from CELADE figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
22.4%
(31.7.2012) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
7.1%
(31.7.2012) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
2.0%
(31.7.2012 - juveniles) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
14.2%
(31.12.2006) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
33
(2009 - 17 Centros de Atencion Institucional, 2 Modulos Institucional, 11 semi-open facilities and 3 juvenile institutions) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 8,536
(2010 - capacity of closed institutions for adults) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
117.0%
(occupancy level in closed institutions for adults) |
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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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