Marshall Islands

Total prison population:

Country: Marshall Islands
Ministry responsible: Ministry of Justice
Prison administration: Correction Division, Department of Public Safety
Contact address: P.O. Box 1077, Majuro, MH 96960, Republic of the Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands
Telephone: +6926258666or6253233
Fax: +6926254062
Head of prison administration: Peter Kabua , Correction Captain

Prison population data

Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)	35 at September 2014 (via U.S. State Department human rights report)
Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)	66 based on an estimated national population of 53,000 at September 2014 (from United Nations figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population)	11.4% (September 2014)
Female prisoners (percentage of prison population)	0.0% (September 2014)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population)	0.0% (September 2014 - juveniles)
Number of establishments / institutions	2 (2020 - Majuro prison and Ebeye jail)
Official capacity of prison system	36 (September 2014)
Occupancy level (based on official capacity)	97.2% (September 2014)

Prison population trend

Year	Prison population total	Prison population rate
2003	c. 20	c. 38
2006	47	90
2009	50	96
2011	41	79
2013	36	68

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.

MARSHALL ISLANDS

Year	Number of female prisoners	Percentage of total prison population	Female prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)
2005 2010	2 0	4.7% 0%	3.8 0
2014	0	0%	0

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.