- Country
- American Samoa (USA)
- Ministry responsible
- Department of Public Safety
- Prison administration
- Corrections Agency
- Contact address
-
P.O.Box 1086, Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799
American Samoa - Telephone
- Fax
- Head of prison administration
-
Le’i Sonny Thompson, Commissioner of Public Safety
Prison population data
| Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
301
at March 2022 (Department of Public Safety)
|
|---|---|
| Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) |
538
based on an estimated national population of 56,000 at March 2022 (from United Nations figures)
|
| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population) |
70.1%
(March 2022)
|
| Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) |
9.6%
(March 2022)
|
| Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) |
62.2%
(27.9.2017)
|
| Number of establishments / institutions |
1
(2017 - Territorial Correctional Facility, Tafuna)
|
| Official capacity of prison system |
142
(31.12.2007 - rated capacity)
|
| Occupancy level (based on official capacity) |
166.2%
(31.12.2007)
|
Prison population trend
| Year | Prison population total | Prison population rate |
|---|---|---|
| 140 | 241 | |
| 169 | 286 | |
| 258 | 437 | |
| 210 | 359 | |
| 132 | 234 | |
| 188 | 337 | |
| 192 | 349 | |
| 201 | 365 | |
| 196 | 350 |
Prison population total
Prison population rate
Female prison population: trend
The table below gives an indication of the trend in the female prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.
It consists of the number of female prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total prison population that female prisoners constituted on that day.
The final column shows the female prison population rate per 100,000 of the national population.
AMERICAN SAMOA (USA)
Year | Number of | Percentage | Female prison |
2004 | 15 | 8.6% | 25.4 |
2022 | 29 | 9.6% | 51.8 |
The number of female prisoners fluctuates and so the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.
The female prison population rate is calculated on the basis of the national population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international authorities.
(If the rate were calculated on the basis of the number of females in the national population it would of course be approximately double the figure in the final column.)
Prison population trend up to 2000
The figures below give an indication of the prison population trend in the years up to 2000. They supplement the more recent figures that are shown at the foot of the Overview page and in the graphs below.
AMERICAN SAMOA
|
Year |
Prison |
Prison population rate |
|
1995 |
79 |
148 |
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