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Ministry responsible
Ministry of the Interior
Prison administration
General Administration of Prisons
Contact address
PO Box 551, Khartoum, Sudan
Telephone
+249 11 772 451 or 771 319 or 331 890
Fax
+249 11 770 280
Head of prison administration (and title)
(Gen.) Hatim Al-Nur
Director of the General Administration of Prisons
Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
Circa
21 000
at July 2017 (national prison administration)
Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)
Circa
52
based on an estimated national population of 40.57 million at July 2017 (from United Nations figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population)
20.4%
(2013)
Female prisoners (percentage of prison population)
Circa
1.7%
(March 2003)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
2.0%
(March 2003)
Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population)
1.0%
(March 2003)
Number of establishments / institutions
125
(August 2002 - 4 federal prisons, 26 local government prisons, 46 provincial prisons, 45 open and semi-open prisons, 4 reformatory centres for juveniles)
Official capacity of prison system
7 500
(mid-2009)
Occupancy level (based on official capacity)
255.3%
(mid-2009)
Prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
2002 12,809 44
2009 19,144 57
2011 20,000 57
2013 19,101 52
2002 12,809 44
2009 19,144 57
2011 20,000 57
2013 19,101 52

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. 

                                                   SUDAN

Year

Number in
pre-trial/remand
imprisonment

Percentage
of total
prison population

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

2003
2011

c. 1,200
2,427

c. 10%
12.1%

c. 4
7

2013

3,893

20.4%

10

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. 

                                                   SUDAN

Year

Number of
female
prisoners

Percentage
of total
prison population

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

2002

624

4.9%

2.1

2003

c. 200

c. 1.7%

c. 0.7

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