Prison Brief for Mozambique
Print version| Country | MOZAMBIQUE | ||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice | ||||||||||||
| Prison administration | General Directorate for National Prison Services | ||||||||||||
| Contact address | Caixa Postal No. 2645, Av. Julius Nyerere 1235, Maputo, Mozambique. | ||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +258 21 485 952 fax: +258 21 485 953 |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Joćo Zeferino Zandamela
Director General |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
c.15,000
at 2007 (national prison administration) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
c.73
based on an estimated national population of 20.5 million in mid-2007 (United Nations) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
c.30%
(2007) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
6.3%
(31.12.1999) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
*
(31.12.1999 - nearly 30% under 19) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
211
(2006 - U.S. State Department Human Rights Report) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | *
(In the first half of 2005 83 prisons held some 80% of the total prison population.) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
144.0%
(31.12.1999) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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