| Country | Bermuda (United Kingdom) |
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| Ministry responsible |
Ministry of National Security
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|---|---|
| Prison administration |
Department of Corrections
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| Contact address |
Prison Headquarters, PO Box HM264, Hamilton HM AX, Bermuda
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| Telephone |
+1 441 295 4975
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| Website | |
| Head of prison administration (and title) | Keeva-mae Joell-Benjamin
Acting Commissioner of Corrections
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| Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) | 124
at 2021 (Senior Magistrate, Bermuda)
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|---|---|
| Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) | 200
based on an estimated national population of 62,000 at 2021 (from United Nations figures)
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 20.2%
(2018)
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| Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 2.9%
(2018)
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population) | 0.6%
(2018 - under 18)
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| Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 11.5%
(31.10.2007)
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| Number of establishments / institutions | 4
(2017 - Westgate Correctional Facility, medium/maximum security for adult males; Farm Facility; Co-educational Facility for adult females and Senior Training School for prisoners aged 16-21; The Right Living House)
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| Official capacity of prison system | 375
(2017)
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| Occupancy level (based on official capacity) | 59.7%
(31.7.2014)
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| 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.
BERMUDA
Year | Number of | Percentage | Female prison |
2000 | 20 | 6.7% | 31.7 |
2018 | 5 | 2.9% | 7.9 |
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).
Prison population trend up to 2000
The figures below give an indication of the prison population trend in the years up to 2000. They supplement the more recent figures that are shown at the foot of the Overview page and in the graphs below.
BERMUDA (U.K.)
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Year |
Prison |
Prison population rate |
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1920 |
43 |
- |