Guinea (Republic of)

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CountryGuinea (Republic of)
Ministry responsible
Ministère de la Justice
Prison administration
La Direction Nationale de l’Administration Pénitentiaire et de la Réinsertion (DNAPR)
Contact address
B.P. 564, Conakry, Guinea
Telephone
+224 41 39 97
Fax
+224 41 50 38
Email
contact@justiceguinee.gov.gn
Head of prison administration (and title)
Charles Victor Macka
Directeur de l'administration pénitentiaire
Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
5 549
at March 2024 (via UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights)
Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)
38
based on an estimated national population of 14.51 million at March 2024 (from United Nations figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population)
55.5%
(March 2024)
Female prisoners (percentage of prison population)
Circa
3.0%
(February 2017)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
Circa
5.0%
(February 2017 - minors)
Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population)
2.7%
(third quarter of 2014)
Number of establishments / institutions
31
(2021 - number of functioning prisons)
Official capacity of prison system
2 552
(October 2019)
Occupancy level (based on official capacity)
171.4%
(October 2019)
Prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
1996 4,014 49
2002 3,070 34
2007 2,539 25
2010 c 3,800 c 35
2012 c 2,600 c 23
2014 c 2,500 c 21
2016 c 2,900 c 23
1996 4,014 49
2002 3,070 34
2007 2,539 25
2010 c 3,800 c 35
2012 c 2,600 c 23
2014 c 2,500 c 21
2016 c 2,900 c 23

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. 

                                                REPUBLIC OF GUINEA

Year

Number in
pre-trial/remand
imprisonment

Percentage
of total
prison population

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

2002
2008
2013

1,574
1,869
c. 2,100

51.3%
67.2%
c. 65%

17
18
c. 14

2024

3,082

55.5%

21

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.

                                               REPUBLIC OF GUINEA 

Year

Number of
female
prisoners

Percentage
of total
prison population

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

2002
2007
2014

61
112
116

2.0%
4.4%
3.7%

0.7
1.1
1.0

2017

c. 96

c. 3%

0.7

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