What is a Prison?
A prison, also known as a jail, jail, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, lock-up, hoosegow, or remand center,
is a facility in which inmates are confined against their will and usually denied a variety of freedoms under the authority of the state as punishment for various crimes.
List Of Prisons In Zambia
What is the biggest correctional service in Zambia?
THE Zambia Correctional Service (ZCS) national administration center has for decades been based in Kabwe, the Central Province capital,
which also hosts Mukobeko State Security Correctional Facility, the country’s largest reformatory.
How many correctional Centres are in Zambia?
| Country | Zambia |
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| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Home Affairs |
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| Prison administration | Zambia Correctional Service |
| Contact address | PO Box 80926, Kabwe, Zambia |
| Telephone | +260 977 975 971 |
| Fax | +260 5 223916 |
| Website | http://www.zambiacorrections.gov.zm/(link is external) |
| pro.zcs2@zambiacorrections.gov.zm | |
| Head of prison administration (and title) | General Fredrick ChilukutuCorrectional Service Commissioner |
| Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) | 24 000at November 2022 (Times of Zambia, via U.S. State Department human rights report) |
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| Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees/remand prisoners) | Prison population rate (per 100,000 of the national population) |
| Juveniles/minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population) | 17.6%(23.10.2019) |
| Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 118based on an estimated national population of 20.27 million in November 2022 (from United Nations figures) |
| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population) | 2.5%(17.9.2013 – under 18) |
| Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 2.1%(2.12.2005) |
| Pre-trial detainees/remand prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 90(2019 – 54 standard prisons, 36 open-air prison farms) |
| Number of establishments/institutions | 9 150(November 2022) |
| Occupancy level (based on official capacity) | 262.3%(November 2022) |
| Prison population trend (year, prison population total, prison population rate) | 199814,318146200011,999116200213,173123200514,207124200815,000120201016,6661282012c 17,000c 116201417,160109201619,000114201821,000116202020,735109 |
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