| Country | Yemen |
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| Ministry responsible |
Ministry of the Interior
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| Prison administration |
Central Prisons Authority
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| Head of prison administration (and title) | (General) Mohammed Al-Zalb
Head of the Central Prisons Authority
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| Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) | 4 268
at 31.12.2022 (Central Statistical Office)
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| Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) | 14
based on an estimated national population of 31.47 million at end of December 2022 (from United Nations figures)
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 59.0%
(2017)
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| Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 1.3%
(2017)
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population) | 1.9%
(2013 - juveniles)
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| Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 3.2%
(2013)
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| Number of establishments / institutions | 43
(2019 - 18 central prisons, 25 reserve prisons/pre-trial detention centres)
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| Prison population trend (year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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459 inmates have escaped Yemeni prisons since 2006
Interior Ministry investigates escape of 29 inmates from prison
Living behind bars with mom
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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.
YEMEN
Year | Number in | Percentage | Pre-trial/remand |
2004 | 6,009 | 50.6% | 30 |
2017 | 5,739 | 59.0% | 20 |
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.
YEMEN
Year | Number of | Percentage | Female prison |
2003 | 263 | 1.6% | 1.4 |
2017 | 125 | 1.3% | 0.4 |
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).