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Statistics

1	Recidivism-Total number of convicted male detainees as per previous convictions.
2	Drug offences.
3	Admission on conviction to Correctional Youth Centre as per offences.
4	Number of admission on conviction to Prison (adult male) as per offences.
5	Total number of convicted detainees (adult male) as per length of sentence.
6	Total number of admission on conviction to the Correctional Youth Centre.
7	Number of adult detainees (female) admitted to Prison .
8	Total number of adult detainees (male) admitted to prison .
9	Number of detainees who committed suicide at the Prison .
10	Number of cases relating to escape from legal custody (adult male).
11	Total number of convicted detainees (adult male) as per Fines.
12	Total number of convicted detainees as per age-group.

1. Recidivism

Table showing the total number of convicted male detainees from 1990 to 2008 as per previous convictions

Year	1st Conviction	2nd Conviction	3rd Conviction	4th Conviction	5th and more	Total
1990	315	178	81	68	327	969
1991	258	185	96	87	372	998
1992	228	114	123	82	340	887
1993	308	148	96	88	385	1025
1994	347	184	126	77	428	1162
1995	344	229	121	97	485	1276
1996	398	193	178	128	531	1428
1997	486	220	119	91	462	1378
1998	475	205	140	73	335	1228
1999	318	152	109	380	225	1044
2000	360	195	199	102	449	1305
2001	538	219	182	228	505	1672
2002	709	253	225	299	624	2110
2003	820	355	290	307	523	2295
2004	378	253	488	297	400	1816
2005	326	317	465	440	377	1925
2006	498	316	321	456	832	2423
2007	427	326	477	526	870	2626
2008	573	511	557	592	799	3032

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2. Drug Offences

Table show the number of persons (male) convicted for drug offences from 1990 to 2008.

Year	Heroin	Gandia	Opium	Others*	Total	Total No. of detainees	Percentage
1990	62	92	6	2	162	969	16.7
1991	74	88	0	10	172	998	17.2
1992	95	61	1	3	160	887	18.0
1993	177	74	0	0	251	1025	24.0
1994	255	97	0	5	357	1162	30.7
1995	326	110	1	6	443	1276	34.7
1996	338	127	2	6	473	1428	33
1997	242	139	3	11	395	1378	29
1998	124	161	0	14	299	1228	24.35
1999	153	123	1	7	284	1044	27.2
2000	234	128	-	7	369	1305	28.2
2001	310	154	-	12	456	1672	27.2
2002	369	136	-	16	521	2110	24.7
2003	404	121	-	9	540	2295	24.1
2004	372	97	-	222	691	2400	28
2005	344	50	-	249	643	2323	27
2006	315	59	-	202	576	2423	23
2007	227	40	-	311	578	2626	22
2008	305	97	-	352	754	3032	25

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3. Offences

Table showing the total number of admission on conviction to the Correctional Youth Centre as per offences from 1993 to 2008.

Offences for the period of Year(1993-2008)
Year	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08
Wounds & Blows causing death	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wounds & Blows	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rape	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sodomy	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sexual intercourse with a female under 16	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Attempt upon chastity	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Bestiality	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larceny	13	12	11	11	17	11	6	5	6	6	3	4	2	3	8	2
Drugs	0	1	0	0	5	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Others	10	2	4	5	1	2	6	4	2	0	7	1	0	3	0	2
Total	27	16	19	19	23	21	14	11	8	6	12	6	3	3	8	4

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4. Admission on Conviction to Prison (adult male)

Table showing total number of admission on conviction to Prison (adult male) as per offences from 1990 to 2008

Offences for the period of Year(1990-2008)
Offences	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08
Homicide	15	15	17	13	9	12	12	10	23	10	14	19	13	19	21	7	18	23	24
Sexual Offence	19	24	22	20	30	23	30	39	24	30	24	27	29	44	48	39	38	51	42
Wounds & Blows Larceny with violence	135	132	110	164	109	85	124	55	115	71	169	295	209	286	315	229	241	282	324
Stealing	309	377	248	258	384	386	424	506	393	416	330	427	738	700	727	805	875	1086	1153
Drugs	162	172	160	251	357	443	473	395	299	284	369	456	521	540	691	643	576	578	754
Drunkenness & Disorder	76	89	75	58	57	32	82	56	108	36	49	26	42	177	153	67	76	77	73
Others	253	189	255	261	216	295	283	317	266	197	350	422	568	529	445	533	599	529	662
Total	969	998	887	1025	1162	1276	1428	1378	1228	1044	1305	1672	2110	2295	2400	2323	2423	2626	3032

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5.Imprisonment as per length of sentence

Table showing the total number of convicted detainees (adult male) from 1990 to 2008 as per length of sentence

Year	Less than 1mth	1 mth-less than 3 mths	3 mths-less than 6mths	6 mths - less than 18 mths	18 mths- less than 2 yrs	2 yrs & over	Total
1990	149	303	191	160	39	127	969
1991	162	253	234	180	73	96	998
1992	79	249	169	216	85	89	887
1993	65	256	269	232	104	99	1025
1994	56	314	286	274	126	106	1162
1995	51	311	270	279	195	170	1276
1996	20	364	449	327	94	174	1428
1997	65	460	293	285	77	198	1378
1998	58	424	319	148	86	193	1228
1999	101	182	248	296	86	131	1044
2000	162	265	293	358	89	138	1305
2001	479	344	296	266	70	217	1672
2002	762	371	336	271	98	272	2110
2003	674	465	354	262	49	491	2295
2004	281	530	447	289	36	315	1898
2005	230	465	254	232	95	196	1472
2006	181	615	277	253	98	142	1566
2007	359	503	330	202	131	129	1654
2008	477	593	233	208	80	174	1765

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6.Admission on Conviction to Correctional Youth Centre

Table showing the total number of admission on conviction to the Correctional Youth Centre (Borstal Institution) from 1990 to 2005.

Year	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05
No. of Admission	27	20	29	27	16	19	19	23	21	11	11	8

7.Adult Detainees (Female) admitted

Table showing the number of adult detainees (female) admitted to Prison from 1993 to 2008.

Year	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08
Convicted	35	39	68	74	68	63	45	55	59	99	106	78	80	93	87	103
Unconvicted	70	95	92	139	118	114	98	103	117	131	126	99	110	106	131	106

8.Adult Detainees (Male) admitted

Table showing the total number of adult detainees (male) admitted to prison from 1990 to 2008.

Year	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01
Convicted	969	998	887	1025	1162	1276	1427	1378	1228	1044	1305	1672
Unconvicted	904	958	1004	1282	1434	1639	1807	1861	1608	1495	1886	2503
Year	02	03	04	05	06	07	08
Convicted	2110	2295	2400	2323	2423	2626	3032
Unconvicted	2679	2589	2436	2753

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9. No. of detainees who committed suicide at the Prison

Table showing number of detainees who committed suicide at the Prison from 1990 to 2007.

Year	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07
Male	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1
Female	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

10. Cases related to escape from legal custody (adult male)

Table showing the number of cases relating to escape from legal custody (adult male) from 1990 to 2007

Year	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07
Number	2	1	3	0	3	15	5	0	2	5	2	2	3	1	3	12	2	3

11. Imprisonments as per fines

Table showing the total number of convicted detainees(adult male)

Year	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08
Fines	237	260	226	181	223	267	311	298	321	162	354	399	479	754	502	851	857	972	1267

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12. Population by age-group

Table showing the total number of convicted male detainees from 1990 to 2008 as per age-group

Year	17 - less than 21	21 - less than 25	25 - less than 50	50 yrs & over	Total
1990	55	178	699	37	969
1991	41	154	760	43	998
1992	34	106	708	39	887
1993	49	112	822	42	1025
1994	51	138	939	34	1162
1995	50	140	1047	39	1276
1996	74	131	1172	51	1428
1997	74	163	1085	56	1378
1998	116	184	911	17	1228
1999	89	148	213	230	1087
2000	146	203	275	237	1305
2001	141	269	314	295	1672
2002	154	383	1480	93	2110
2003	240	240	479	1522	2295
2004	134	387	1792	87	2400
2005	155	394	1657	117	2323
2006	177	378	1707	161	2423
2007	177	382	1954	113	2626
2008	231	457	2209	135	3032

Source of statistics : Record Office, Central Prison, Beau Bassin, Mauritius.

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Last Updated: 05 March, 2010