Kiribati

Total prison population:

129

Country: Kiribati
Ministry responsible: Office of the President
Prison administration: Kiribati Prison Service
Contact address: P.O.Box 497, Betio, Tarawa, Republic of Kiribati
Kiribati
Telephone: +68626187
Fax: +68626370
Email: compol@tskl.net.ki
Head of prison administration: Ioeru Tokantetaake, Commissioner of Police and Prisons

Prison population data

Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)	129 at mid-2016 (via Asian and Pacific Conference of Correctional Administrators)
Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)	113 based on an estimated national population of 114,000 at mid-2016 (from United Nations figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population)	5.4% (mid-2016)
Female prisoners (percentage of prison population)	0.8% (mid-2016)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population)	0.0% (mid-2014 - under 18)
Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population)	0.0% (mid-2016)
Number of establishments / institutions	4 (2012 - 3 for males, 1 for females)
Official capacity of prison system	125 (September 2014)
Occupancy level (based on official capacity)	112.8% (September 2014)

Prison population trend

Year	Prison population total	Prison population rate
2000	57	68
2002	64	74
2004	81	89
2006	84	89
2008	84	86
2010	90	87
2012	106	99
2014	120	109

Prison population total

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.

KIRIBATI

Year	Number of female prisoners	Percentage of total prison population	Female prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)
2000 2005 2010 2013	1 1 3 4	1.8% 1.4% 3.3% 3.1%	1.2 1.1 2.9 3.7
2016	1	0.8%	0.9

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 and in the graphs below.