Martinique (France)

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CountryMartinique (France)
Ministry responsible
French Ministry of Justice
Prison administration
Service pénitentiaire d'insertion et de probation
Contact address
26 rue Ernest Deproge, 97200 FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique
Telephone
+596 484995
Fax
+596 602789
Head of prison administration (and title)
Catherine Grihault
Directrice
Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
1 025
at 1.7.2024 (French Ministry of Justice)
Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)
275
based on an estimated national population of 373,000 at beginning of July 2024 (from United Nations figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population)
37.0%
(1.1.2020)
Female prisoners (percentage of prison population)
2.1%
(1.7.2024)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
0.2%
(1.10.2021 - under 18)
Number of establishments / institutions
1
(2024 - Ducos)
Official capacity of prison system
738
(1.7.2024)
Occupancy level (based on official capacity)
138.9%
(1.7.2024)
Prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
2001 608 156
2003 643 163
2005 631 159
2007 763 192
2009 920 233
2011 885 225
2013 918 236
2015 940 244
2017 870 226
2019 827 215
2021 831 216
2001 608 156
2003 643 163
2005 631 159
2007 763 192
2009 920 233
2011 885 225
2013 918 236
2015 940 244
2017 870 226
2019 827 215
2021 831 216

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. 

                                              MARTINIQUE (FRANCE)

Year

Number in
pre-trial/remand
imprisonment

Percentage
of total
prison population

Pre-trial/remand
population rate
(per 100,000 of
national population)

2011
2016

436
265

49.3%
27.3%

110
69

2020

313

37.0%

81

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. 

                                        MARTINIQUE (FRANCE)

Year

Number of
female
prisoners

Percentage
of total
prison population

Female prison
population rate
(per 100,000 of
national population)

2003
2007
2015
2020

12
16
22
26

1.9%
2.2%
2.5%
3.1%

3.1
4.0
5.6
6.8

2024

22

2.1%

5.9

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 total
Prison population rate