CountryOman
Ministry responsible
Royal Oman Police
Prison administration
Directorate General of Prisons
Telephone
+968 550877 or 551168
Fax
+968 551159
Website
Head of prison administration (and title)
Colonel Ali bin Hassan Al Balushi
Director General of Prisons
Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
1 960
at November 2015 (via Gulf News)
Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)
46
based on an estimated national population of 4.22 million at November 2015 (from United Nations figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population)
5.6%
(2002)
Female prisoners (percentage of prison population)
4.5%
(2002)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
3.8%
(2002 - juveniles)
Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population)
30.3%
(2002)
Number of establishments / institutions
3
(2000 - 2 adult institutions and one for juveniles)
Prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
1998 1,906 88
2000 2,020 92
2002 1,403 61
2013 1,300 36
1998 1,906 88
2000 2,020 92
2002 1,403 61
2013 1,300 36

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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. 

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Year

Number of
female
prisoners

Percentage
of total
prison population

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

2000

101

5.0%

4.6

2002

55

4.5%

2.4

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