Prison Brief for Barbados
Print version| Country | BARBADOS | |||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Home Affairs | |||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Her Majesty's Prisons Dodds, St. Philip, Barbados | |||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +1 246 416 6900 fax: +1 246 416 6934 Web: bdosprisonservice@caribsurf.com |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
(Lt. Col.) John A. Nurse
Superintendent |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
899
at 31.8.2009 (national prison administration) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
326
based on an estimated national population of 275,800 at August 2009 (from Barbados Statistical Service figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
37.2%
(31.8.2009) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
3.3%
(31.8.2009) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
1.8%
(31.8.2009 - under 18) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
17.2%
(31.8.2009) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
1
(2009 - H.M.Prisons Dodds) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 1,250
(31.8.2009) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
71.9%
(31.8.2009) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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