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Prison population

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Sentenced + remand

Rate per 100,000

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Per 100,000 residents

Occupancy

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At or under capacity

Pre-trial / remand

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Share not yet sentenced

Female prisoners

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Foreign nationals

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Figures from official sources · methodology

Conditions risk — across 146 facilities

Average of our computed Conditions Risk Score across the country's facilities. Methodology · Browse highest-risk

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national average
146 unknown
abolitionist in practice on capital punishment. Last known execution: 1993.Methods: hangingICCPR-OP2 (death-penalty abolition protocol): not a signatory

Seeded from Amnesty International 2024 categorisation + Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide.

Source: Amnesty International + Cornell Death Penalty Worldwide.

Prison population over time

Annual figures, latest survey year
2003: 39,806+138.0% over 18y2021: 94,749

Source: unodc

Prisons in Algeria

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146 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.

Abadla concentration camp

Algeria

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Capacity

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Held

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Agdz concentration camp

Algeria

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Ain Sefra concentration camp

Algeria

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Capacity

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Held

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Akbou concentration camp

Algeria

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Capacity

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Held

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Bedeau concentration camp

Algeria

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Capacity

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Béni Abbès concentration camp

Algeria

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Capacity

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Held

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Berrouaghia prison

Algeria

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Capacity

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Held

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Blida military prison

Algeria

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Capacity

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Held

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Boghar concentration camp

Algeria

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Capacity

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Held

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Bossuet concentration camp

Algeria

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Capacity

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Cap Matifou concentration camp

Algeria

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Capacity

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Centre Correctionnel

Algeria

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Capacity

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Held

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Centre de Detention de Azzaba

Algeria

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Capacity

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Held

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Centre de re-education

Algeria

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Capacity

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Held

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Centre de reeducation d'Oum El Bouaghi

Algeria · Oum El Bouaghi

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Capacity

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Held

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Centre penitencier de Mascara

Algeria

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Capacity

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Held

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Centre penitentiaire de Kolea

Algeria · Koléa

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Capacity

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Held

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Centre Specialise de Reeducation

Algeria

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Centre specialise en reeducation - Cite Ben Achour

Algeria · Blida

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Capacity

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Held

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Cheragas concentration camp

Algeria

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Capacity

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Held

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Colomb-Béchar concentration camp

Algeria

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Capacity

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Held

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Constantine concentration camp

Algeria

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Capacity

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Held

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Crampel concentration camp

Algeria

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Capacity

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Held

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Djebel-Felten concentration camp

Algeria

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Capacity

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Held

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See all 146 prisons in Algeria →

Data completeness

10%

Score based on how many fields are populated. We surface this so you know where the gaps are.

National population
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Algeria — prison statistics. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/countries/algeria
Chicago
"Algeria — prison statistics." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/countries/algeria.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-algeria,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Algeria — prison statistics},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/countries/algeria},
  urldate = {2026-10-15}
}