Country | Egypt |
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Ministry responsible |
Ministry of the Interior
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Contact address |
Prisons Foundation, El Qolaly, Cairo, Egypt
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Head of prison administration (and title) | (Major-General) Zakaria al-Ghamrai
Director of the prisons
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Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) | Circa
120 000
at 2022 (via U.S. State Department human rights report)
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Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) | Circa
116
based on an estimated national population of 103.53 million at mid-2022 (from Egyptian national statistics agency figures)
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Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population) | Circa
33.3%
(2022)
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Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 3.7%
(31.12.2006)
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Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 1.0%
(of convicted adults, 31.12.2002)
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Number of establishments / institutions | 78
(2021)
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Occupancy level (based on official capacity) | No official figures have been traced but according to the U.S. State Department human rights report for 2016 the physical conditions in the prisons and detention centres are life-threatening due to overcrowding.
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Prison population trend (year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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Unannounced inspection commences in seven prisons
Human rights organisations decry alleged ‘savage’ torture and sexual assault of detainees
Egypt's prison authority pardons 885 prisoners ahead of Sinai Liberation Day
Egypt scraps maximum period of pre-trial detention
Pages
- Pre-trial/remand prison population: trend
- Female prison population: trend
- Prison population trend up to 2000
Pre-trial/remand prison population: trend
The table below gives an indication of the recent trend in the pre-trial/remand prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.
It consists of the number of pre-trial/remand 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 pre-trial/remand prisoners constituted on that day.
The final column shows the pre-trial/remand population rate per 100,000 of the national population.
EGYPT
Year | Number in | Percentage | Pre-trial/remand |
2001 | 10,730 | 19.0% | 16 |
It should be noted that the number of pre-trial/remand prisoners fluctuates from day to day, month to month and year to year. Consequently the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.
The pre-trial/remand 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.
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.
EGYPT
Year | Number of | Percentage | Female prison |
2001 | 2,054 | 4.5% | 3.0 |
2006 | 2,386 | 3.7% | 3.2 |
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.
EGYPT
Year |
Prison |
Prison population rate |
1986 |
34,793 |
68 |