| Country | Angola |
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| Ministry responsible |
Ministry of the Interior (Ministerio do Interior)
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| Prison administration |
Direccao Nacional dos Servicos Prisionais
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| Contact address |
Avenida 4ª de Fevereiro, Luanda - Angola
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| Telephone |
(+244) 923 973 506
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| Website | |
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gcii@sp.gov.ao
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| Head of prison administration (and title) | Bernardo Pereira do Amaral Gourgel
Director Geral do Serviço Penitenciário
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| Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) | 24 490
at 10.6.2023 (via U.S. State Department human rights report)
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| Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) | 68
based on an estimated national population of 36.08 million at June 2023 (from United Nations figures)
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 48.7%
(10.6.2023)
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| Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 2.5%
(beginning of December 2022)
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| Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 3.1%
(March 2022)
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| Number of establishments / institutions | 40
(2022)
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| Official capacity of prison system | Circa
20 000
(10.6.2023)
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| Occupancy level (based on official capacity) | Circa
122.5%
(10.6.2023)
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| Prison population trend (year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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Pre-trial/remand prison population: trend
The table below gives an indication of the recent trend in the pre-trial/remand prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.
It consists of the number of pre-trial/remand 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 pre-trial/remand prisoners constituted on that day.
The final column shows the pre-trial/remand population rate per 100,000 of the national population.
ANGOLA
Year | Number in | Percentage | Pre-trial/remand |
| 2011 2016 | 9,487 11,000 | 47.7% 45.8% | 43 43 |
2023 | 11,937 | 48.7% | 33 |
It should be noted that the number of pre-trial/remand prisoners fluctuates from day to day, month to month and year to year. Consequently the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.
The pre-trial/remand 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.
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.
ANGOLA
Year | Number of | Percentage | Female prison |
1999 | c. 97 | c. 2% | c. 0.7 |
2022 | 635 | 2.5% | 2.0 |
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).