| Country | Tunisia |
|---|
| Ministry responsible |
Ministère de la Justice
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|---|---|
| Prison administration |
Direction Générale des Prisons et de la Rééducation
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| Contact address |
Rue 8003 Appartement L, Espace de Tunis Monplaisir, Tunis, Tunisia
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| Telephone |
+216 71 903 503
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| Fax |
+216 71 952 472
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| Website | |
| Head of prison administration (and title) | Elias Al-Zalaq
Directeur Général des Prisons
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| Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) | 20 755
at October 2017 (via United States State Department human rights report)
|
|---|---|
| Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) | 180
based on an estimated national population of 11.5 million at October 2017 (from United Nations figures)
|
| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 52.0%
(October 2017)
|
| Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 2.8%
(30.12.2016)
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population) | 1.0%
(October 2014 - minors)
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| Number of establishments / institutions | 27
(2017)
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| Official capacity of prison system | Circa
18 200
(October 2017)
|
| Occupancy level (based on official capacity) | Circa
114.0%
(October 2017)
|
| Prison population trend(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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Female prison population: trend
The table below gives an indication of the trend in the female prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.
It consists of the number of female prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total prison population that female prisoners constituted on that day.
The final column shows the female prison population rate per 100,000 of the national population.
TUNISIA
Year | Number of | Percentage | Female prison |
2011 | 400 | 1.9% | 3.7 |
2016 | 661 | 2.8% | 5.8 |
The number of female prisoners fluctuates and so the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.
The female prison population rate is calculated on the basis of the national population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international authorities.
(If the rate were calculated on the basis of the number of females in the national population it would of course be approximately double the figure in the final column.)