| Country | Central African Republic |
|---|
| Ministry responsible |
Ministere de la Justice
|
|---|---|
| Prison administration |
Administration Penitentiaire
|
| Contact address |
BP 371, Bangui, Central Africa (Centre Afrique)
|
| Telephone |
+236 61 21 92
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| Fax |
+236 61 15 79
|
| Head of prison administration (and title) | Flammarion Goba
Directeur
|
| Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) | 2 678
at December 2023 (United Nations Mission - MINUSCA)
|
|---|---|
| Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) | 52
based on an estimated national population of 5.17 million at December 2023 (from United Nations figures)
|
| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 65.3%
(December 2023)
|
| Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 3.9%
(December 2023)
|
| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population) | 1.6%
(December 2023 - minors)
|
| Number of establishments / institutions | 15
(2023 - there are 36 prisons but only 15 are operational)
|
| Official capacity of prison system | 1 406
(December 2023)
|
| Occupancy level (based on official capacity) | 190.5%
(December 2023)
|
| Prison population trend (year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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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.
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Year | Number of | Percentage | Female prison |
| 2011 | 69 | 8.2% | 1.5 |
| 2023 | 104 | 3.9% | 2.0 |
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.)