Prison Brief for Micronesia, Federated States of
Print version| Country | MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF | |||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Department of Justice | |||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Prisons administered by each of the four states: Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei and Yap | |||||||||||||||
| Contact address | (Pohnpei) Department of Public Safety, Pohnpei State Government, Pohnpei, FM 96941, Federated States of Micronesia | |||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: (Pohnpei) +961 320 3010 fax: (Pohnpei) +961 320 3195 Web: publicsafety@mail.fm |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
(Pohnpei) Watson N. Pelep
(Pohnpei) Chief, Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
96
at 2007 (Federated States of Micronesia Statistical Year Book 2008) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
89
based on an estimated national population of 107,900 at mid-2007 (World Factbook) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
4
(2007 - one for each State, located on each of the main islands) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | *
(The capacities of three of the prisons in 1994 were quoted as: Chuuk c.35, Kosrae 14, Yap 40 - World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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