International Centre for Prison Studies
| Country | IRAQ | |||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice - but detention facilities are also operated by the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (juvenile detention facilities) and the Kurdish Regional Government | |||||||||
| Prison administration | Iraqi Correctional Service (Ministry of Justice) | |||||||||
| Head of prison administration
(and title)
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Juma'a Hussein Zamil
Director General
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand
prisoners)
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37,014
at 30.6.2012 (United Nations Assistance
Mission for Iraq - UNAMI)
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population)
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110
based on an estimated national population of
33.7 million at mid-2012 (United Nations)
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
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43.3%
(30.6.2012)
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
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3.1%
(30.6.2012)
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison
population)
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4.6%
(30.6.2012 - juveniles)
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| Number of establishments /
institutions
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The ICS (Ministry of Justice) operated 9
prisons and 7 pre-trial detention facilities at the end of
2007, and the Kurdish regional authorities operated 7. The
Ministry of Defence operated 17 holding areas or detention
facilities in Baghdad and at least another 13 nationwide for
detainees captured during military raids and operations. The
number of Ministry of the Interior facilities at the end of
2007 was unknown but, including police station holding
facilities, official Ministry of the Interior detention
locations were estimated to number over 1,000 facilities.
Additionally, there were reports of unofficial detention
centres throughout the country (US State Department Human
Rights Report).
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| Official capacity of prison system | 14,698
(2005 - capacity of Iraqi Correctional
Service facilities)
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity)
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59.7%
(2005 - occupancy of Iraqi Correctional
Service facilities)
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison
population rate)
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