| Country | Liberia |
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| Ministry responsible |
Ministry of Justice
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| Prison administration |
Bureau of Corrections and Rehabilitation
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| Contact address |
Ashmun Street, P.O. Box 10-900, 1000 Monrovia, Liberia
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| Telephone |
+231 22 64 82 or 22 78 73
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| Head of prison administration (and title) | S. Sainleseh Kwaidah
Director of Bureau of Corrections and Rehabilitation
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| Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) | Circa
3 000
at April 2023 (UNDP Liberia))
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|---|---|
| Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) | Circa
55
based on an estimated national population of 5.41 million at April 2023 (from United Nations figures)
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 71.2%
(April 2023)
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| Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 2.8%
(December 2019)
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population) | 1.9%
(December 2019 - under 18)
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| Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 2.0%
(August 2007)
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| Number of establishments / institutions | 16
(2021 - 15 prisons, of which the largest is Monrovia Central Prison, and one detention centre)
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| Official capacity of prison system | 1 351
(October 2019)
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| Occupancy level (based on official capacity) | 222.1%
(October 2019)
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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.
LIBERIA
Year | Number in | Percentage | Pre-trial/remand |
2007 | 802 | 91.1% | 23 |
| 2023 | 2,137 | 71.2% | 40 |
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.
LIBERIA
Year | Number of | Percentage | Female prison |
2001 | not known | c. 5% | - |
2019 | 75 | 2.8% | 1.5 |
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).