Lilongwe

Maula Prison

Malawi

Status

In use

2023

Type: Prison or pretrial detention centre (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: Not Available

Detains: Asylum seekers (administrative), Criminal detainees (convicted or remand), Families, Adult men, Adult women, Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
800
2650

24 July 2015

YES

2023

Malawi

34,972

Refugees

16,494

Asylum Applications

To country overview
FACILITY NAMES
Maula Prison
Location

Country: Malawi

City & Region: Lilongwe, Africa

Latitude, Longitude: -13.969720, 33.767201

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status In use

2023

Status Last documented use

2015

Status In use

2014
Facility type

Category Filter Criminal

Type Prison or pretrial detention centre

2015
National typology

Name Maula Prison

2015

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Families

2023

Name Adult men

2023

Name Adult women

2023

Name Adult men

2015
Categories of detainees

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2023

Name Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

2015

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2015

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 800

2015
Capacity Reserved for Migration Detainees (criminal facility)

Number 300

2015
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
2650
24 July 2015
Reports of Detainee Overpopulation at Facility

Reported Overpopulation Yes

2015

LENGTH OF DETENTION

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions

Hygiene

2023

Protection from Physical Violence

2023

Food provision

2023

Overcrowding

2023

Cell space

2023

Showers and toilets

2016

Food provision

2015

CARCERAL INDICATORS

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Legal Segregation

No

2015

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
International non-governmental groups
2015

TELECOMMUNICATIONS