Country |
Bahrain |
Ministry responsible |
Ministry of Justice and Islamic Affairs |
Prison administration |
General Directorate of Reformation and Rehabilitation |
Head of prison administration (and title) |
(Colonel) Ghazi Saleh Al Sinan Director General |
Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
4 028 at December 2013 (Bahraini government, via U.S. State Department human rights report) |
Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) |
301 based on an estimated national population of 1.34 million at December 2013 (from United Nations figures) |
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population) |
27.5% (December 2013) |
Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) |
4.7% (December 2013) |
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
2.3% (2012 - juveniles) |
Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) |
30.2% (December 2005) |
Number of establishments / institutions |
4 (2014 - Dry Dock detention centre, Jau prison, women's detention centre (Isa Town), reform and rehabilitation centre for women. |
Official capacity of prison system |
816 (2006) |
Occupancy level (based on official capacity) |
91.0% (2004) |
Prison population trend (year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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