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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 37 facilities

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

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national average
37 unknown
abolitionist in practice on capital punishment. Last known execution: 1991.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.
2 documented human-rights cases →

Prison population over time

Annual figures, latest survey year
2004: 26,000-9.7% over 17y2021: 23,484

Source: unodc

Prisons in Tunisia

Browse all 37 →

37 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.

bagne de Tataouine

Tunisia

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Borj Erroumi prison

Tunisia

Type

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Capacity

1,000

Held

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Civil Prison of Sfax

Tunisia

Type

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Capacity

—

Held

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Dar Joued

Tunisia

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Djebel Chambi concentration camp

Tunisia

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Djebibinia concentration camp

Tunisia

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Djelloula concentration camp

Tunisia

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Djougar concentration camp

Tunisia

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Enfidaville concentration camp

Tunisia

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Gabès concentration camp

Tunisia

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Karaka fort

Tunisia

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Kondas concentration camp

Tunisia

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Le Kef concentration camp

Tunisia

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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lsjn lmdny blmhdy@

Tunisia

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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lsjn lmdny blms`dyn

Tunisia

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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lsjn lmdny blqSryn

Tunisia

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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lsjn lmdny blrjy

Tunisia

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Tunisia · المرناقية

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Marcia Beach concentration camp

Tunisia

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Mohamedia concentration camp

Tunisia

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

—

Held

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Tunisia

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Prison civile, Belli

Tunisia

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Prison Civile Borj El Amri

Tunisia

Type

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Capacity

—

Held

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Prison Civile De Mornag

Tunisia

Type

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Capacity

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Held

—

See all 37 prisons in Tunisia →

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