- Country
- Djibouti
- Ministry responsible
- Ministère de la Justice, des Affaires Pénitentiaires et Musulmanes
- Prison administration
- Direction de l'Administration Pénitentiaire
- Contact address
-
BP12
Djibouti - Fax
- Head of prison administration
-
Mohamed Djama Yonis, Directeur de la prison central de Gabode
Prison population data
| Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
750
at May 2022 (via UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.)
|
|---|---|
| Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) |
74
based on an estimated national population of 1.01 million at May 2022 (from United Nations figures)
|
| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population) |
35.8%
(2018)
|
| Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) |
3.9%
(2018)
|
| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
2.9%
(May 2022 - juveniles)
|
| Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) |
22.8%
(2018)
|
| Number of establishments / institutions |
1
(2022)
|
| Official capacity of prison system |
350
(2016 - capacity of Gabode prison)
|
| Occupancy level (based on official capacity) |
171.4%
(2016 - occupancy level in Gabode prison)
|
Prison population trend
| Year | Prison population total | Prison population rate |
|---|---|---|
| c. 200 | c. 27 | |
| c. 400 | c. 53 | |
| 525 | 64 | |
| 750 | 89 | |
| 550 | 63 | |
| c. 600 | c. 67 | |
| 624 | 67 |
Prison population total
Prison population rate
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.
DJIBOUTI
| Year | Number of female prisoners | Percentage of total prison population | Female prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) |
| 2009 2013 | c. 24 c. 30 | c. 4.8% c. 5.5% | c. 2.9 c. 3.4 |
| 2018 | 26 | 3.9% | 2.7 |
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 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.
DJIBOUTI
| Year | Prison population total | Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) |
| 1994 1999 2000 | c. 650 384 c. 200 | c. 100 54 c. 27 |
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