Anguilla (United Kingdom)

Total prison population:
36
Country
Anguilla (United Kingdom)
Ministry responsible
Ministry of Social Development
Prison administration
His Majesty's Prison, Government of Anguilla
Contact address

P.O.Box 60, Parliamentary Drive, The Valley
Anguilla

Telephone
Head of prison administration
Lindsay Richardson, Acting Superintendent of Prisons

Prison population data

Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) 36
at May 2022 (national prison administration)
Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) 240
based on an estimated national population of 15,000 at May 2022 (United Nations)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population) 45.5%
(30.8.2018)
Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) 0.0%
(30.8.2018)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population) 1.8%
(30.8.2018 - under 18)
Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) 29.1%
(30.8.2018)
Number of establishments / institutions 2
(2018 - His Majesty's Prison East and His Majesty's Prison West)
Official capacity of prison system 60
(30.8.2018)
Occupancy level (based on official capacity) 91.7%
(30.8.2018)

Prison population trend

Year Prison population total Prison population rate
41 342
45 346
44 338
58 414
76 543
60 414
46 307
55 367

Prison population total

Prison population rate

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. 

                                            ANGUILLA (UNITED KINGDOM)

YearNumber in
pre-trial/remand
imprisonment
Percentage
of total
prison population
Pre-trial/remand
population rate
(per 100,000 of
national population)
2007
2011
17
15
30.9%
20.8%
131
100
20182545.5%167

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. 

                                        ANGUILLA (UNITED KINGDOM)

YearNumber of
female
prisoners
Percentage
of total
prison population
Female prison
population rate
(per 100,000 of
national population)
2007
2011
2015
0
2
1
0%
2.8%
2.2%
0
14.3
6.7
201800%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.)

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