Prison Brief for Lesotho
Print version| Country | LESOTHO | |||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and Rehabilitation | |||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Lesotho Correctional Service | |||||||||||||||
| Contact address | PO Box 41, Maseru 100, Lesotho | |||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +266 22 312325 fax: +266 22 325008 Web: www.justice.gov.ls/prisons/prison.html |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Mojalefa Phillip Thulo
Commissioner of Corrections |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
2,701
at 25.7.2007 (national prison administration) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
144
based on an estimated national population of 1.88 million at July 2007 (from Lesotho Bureau of Statistics figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
16.8%
(25.7.2007) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
2.5%
(25.7.2007) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
2.1%
(25.7.2007 - under 18) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
1.0%
(25.7.2007) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
12
(2007) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 2,936
(25.7.2007) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
92.0%
(25.7.2007) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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