Number of Prisoners fell 3.19% to 3,488 persons in Sierra Leone in 2015

Number of Prisoners (persons), 2015

Law & Crime | Sierra Leone | December 30, 2018

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Number of prisoners fell 3.19% to 3,488 persons in Sierra Leone in 2015, according to the United Nations.

Historically, number of prisoners in Sierra Leone reached an all time high of 3,603 persons in 2014 and an all time low of 1,400 persons in 2004.

Sierra Leone has been ranked 81st within the group of 105 countries we follow in terms of number of prisoners, 34 places above the position seen 10 years ago.

Number of Prisoners	Unit	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Algeria	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							52,000	49,000	50,000	50,100	60,220
Burkina Faso	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...						...	5,198	5,039	5,035	...
Ghana	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...					...		...	13,507	...	13,487	14,021		...
Guinea	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...			...	3,800	...	2,600	...		...
Ivory Coast	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...		...		...	...	...	7,086	...	...
Liberia	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...		...	1,420	...	1,601	...	1,827	...
Mali	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...	6,700	...	5,817	...	4,963		...
Mauritania	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...		...		...	...	...	...	1,700	...	1,602	...		...
Niger	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...			...		...	5,337	...	6,899	...	...
Senegal	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...					32,608	29,609	...	8,428	...		...
Sierra Leone	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...						...	2,237	...	2,762	3,281