Prison Brief for Mauritius
Print version| Country | MAURITIUS | ||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Prime Minister's Office | ||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Mauritius Prisons Service | ||||||||||||
| Contact address | Prison Road, Beau Bassin, Mauritius | ||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +230 401 6600 fax: +230 454 9778 Web: www.gov.mu/portal/site/prisons |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Lingamanaicker Vijayanarayanan
Commissioner of Prisons |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
2,163
at 26.8.2008 (national prison administration) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
166
based on an estimated national population of 1.3 million at August 2008 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
29.9%
(26.8.2008) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
6.5%
(26.8.2008) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
0.9%
(27.3.2007 - under 18) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
4.6%
(27.3.2007) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
9
(2007) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 2,058
(27.3.2007) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
104.0%
(27.3.2007) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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