- Country
- Congo (Republic of)
- Ministry responsible
- Ministry of Justice and Human Rights
- Prison administration
- Administration Pénitentiaire
- Contact address
-
BP 5340, Brazzaville
Congo - Brazzaville - Telephone
- Fax
- Head of prison administration
-
(Col.) Jean Blaise Komo, Directeur Général
Prison population data
| Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
1,388
at 2019 (via U.S. State Department human rights report - number in the two main prisons. At least 300 are believed to be held in the other prisons.)
|
|---|---|
| Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) |
27
based on an estimated national population of 5.17 million at September 2019 (from United Nations figures)
|
| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population) |
Circac. 60.0%
(8.9.2014)
|
| Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) |
3.7%
(of those in the two main prisons, 8.9.2014)
|
| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
4.4%
(of those in the two main prisons, 8.9.2014 - under 18)
|
| Number of establishments / institutions |
12
(2021 - of which those in Brazzaville and Pointe Noire are by far the largest)
|
| Official capacity of prison system |
225
(2019 - capacity of the two main prisons Brazzaville and Pointe Noire))
|
| Occupancy level (based on official capacity) |
616.9%
(2019 - occupancy level in the two main prisons)
|
Prison population trend
| Year | Prison population total | Prison population rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1,550 | 44 | |
| 1,642 | 44 | |
| 2,410 | 60 | |
| c. 1,400 | c. 33 | |
| c. 1,500 | c. 33 |
Prison population total
Prison population rate
Female prison population: trend
The table below gives an indication of the trend in the female prison population.
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.
CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)
| Year | Number of female prisoners | Percentage of total prison population | Female prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) |
| 2005 2009 | 82 99 | 5.3% 4.1% | 2.3 2.5 |
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.
CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)
| Year | Prison population total | Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) |
| 1993 1998 | 918 946 | 36 32 |
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