St. Lucia

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CountrySt. Lucia
Ministry responsible
Ministry of Home Affairs and National Security
Prison administration
Bordelais Correctional Facility
Contact address
P.O. Box 105, Dennery, St. Lucia
Telephone
+758 468 7100 or 7101
Fax
+758 468 7139
Website
Email
bordelais.homeaffairs@govt.lc
Head of prison administration (and title)
Verne Garde
Director of Corrections
Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
572
at September 2023 (National Centre for Legal Aid and Human Rights, via St Lucia Times)
Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)
308
based on an estimated national population of 186,000 at September 2023 (from United Nations figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population)
67.8%
(September 2023)
Female prisoners (percentage of prison population)
2.7%
(August 2022)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
1.2%
(August 2022 - juveniles)
Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population)
3.0%
(3.12.2011)
Number of establishments / institutions
1
(2022 - Bordelais)
Official capacity of prison system
500
(August 2022)
Occupancy level (based on official capacity)
102.8%
(August 2022)
Prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
1999 373 241
2001 464 291
2003 460 284
2005 503 303
2008 518 299
2010 526 301
2012 568 320
2014 634 355
2016 559 310
2019 503 274
2021 484 184
1999 373 241
2001 464 291
2003 460 284
2005 503 303
2008 518 299
2010 526 301
2012 568 320
2014 634 355
2016 559 310
2019 503 274
2021 484 184

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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. 

                                                  ST LUCIA

Year

Number in
pre-trial/remand
imprisonment

Percentage
of total
prison population

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

1999
2005
2010
2014

106
c. 163
249
374

28.4%
c. 33%
45.2%
59.0%

68
c. 99
142
203

2023

388

67.8%

209

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.

                                                    ST LUCIA

Year

Number of
female
prisoners

Percentage
of total
prison population

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

2001
2003
2010
2014

11
8
9
14

2.4%
1.7%
1.6%
2.2%

6.9
4.9
5.1
7.6

2022

14

2.7%

7.6

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