Guadeloupe (France)

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CountryGuadeloupe (France)
Ministry responsible
French Ministry of Justice
Prison administration
Les Services pénitentiaires d'insertion et de probation (SPIP)
Contact address
Rond Point Miquel, route de la Gabarre, LES ABYMES, Guadeloupe
Telephone
+590 215535
Fax
+590 837977
Head of prison administration (and title)
Yvan Colin
Directeur
Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
881
at 1.10.2023 (French Ministry of Justice)
Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)
197
based on an estimated national population of 448,000 at beginning of October 2023 (from United Nations figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population)
27.0%
(1.1.2020)
Female prisoners (percentage of prison population)
2.2%
(1.10.2023)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
1.0%
(1.10.2021 - under 18)
Number of establishments / institutions
2
(2023 - centre pénitentiaire de Baie-Mahault and maison d'arrêt de Basse-Terre)
Official capacity of prison system
619
(1.10.2023)
Occupancy level (based on official capacity)
142.3%
(1.10.2023)
Prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
1998 706 169
2001 628 147
2003 695 161
2005 743 169
2007 790 177
2011 784 174
2013 871 193
2015 907 202
2017 956 213
2019 915 204
2021 769 172
1998 706 169
2001 628 147
2003 695 161
2005 743 169
2007 790 177
2011 784 174
2013 871 193
2015 907 202
2017 956 213
2019 915 204
2021 769 172

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. 

                                               GUADELOUPE (FRANCE)

Year

Number in
pre-trial/remand
imprisonment

Percentage
of total
prison population

Pre-trial/remand
population rate
(per 100,000 of
national population)

2016

253

26.9%

56

2020

251

27.0%

56

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. 

                                            GUADELOUPE (FRANCE)

Year

Number of
female
prisoners

Percentage
of total
prison population

Female prison
population rate
(per 100,000 of
national population)

2003
2007
2015

9
20
18

1.3%
2.6%
2.0%

2.1
4.4
3.9

2023

19

2.2%

4.2

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 total
Prison population rate