- Country
- Suriname
- Ministry responsible
- Ministry of Justice and Police
- Contact address
-
Central Penitentiary Institution, Welgedacht - A273, District Wanica
Suriname - Telephone
- Fax
- Head of prison administration
-
(Director of Prisons)
Prison population data
| Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
808
at November 2023 (national prison administration)
|
|---|---|
| Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) |
134
based on an estimated national population of 603,900 at November 2023 (from United Nations figures)
|
| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population) |
32.8%
(November 2023)
|
| Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) |
3.1%
(November 2023)
|
| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
5.7%
(2005 - minors)
|
| Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) |
10.3%
(2023)
|
| Number of establishments / institutions |
21
(2022)
|
| Official capacity of prison system |
792
(November 2023)
|
| Occupancy level (based on official capacity) |
102.0%
(November 2023)
|
Prison population trend
| Year | Prison population total | Prison population rate |
|---|---|---|
| 560 | 120 | |
| 786 | 163 | |
| 820 | 167 | |
| 915 | 177 | |
| 1,010 | 194 | |
| c. 1,050 | c. 197 |
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.
SURINAME
| Year | Number of female prisoners | Percentage of total prison population | Female prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) |
| 2000 2005 2009 | 42 39 30 | 5.9% 4.8% 4.9% | 9.0 7.8 5.8 |
| 2023 | 25 | 3.1% | 4.1 |
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).
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