53. STATE CENTRAL PRISON (MILE 2) This prison was visited twice, 23 and 25 June, 1999. Mrs. Uju Agomah joined the team on the latter date. Mile 2 is the headquarters of Prisons in the Gambia and it is under the command of Commissioner David Charles Colley. Before briefing us about the penal regime in the Gambia, Mr. Colley introduced to us some of his senior officers. The prison has a capacity of 500 inmates. At the time of the visit, there were 324 inmates made up of the following: 222 convicts 82 remand 14 detainees (political prisoners) 6 females A break-down of the nationality of the convicts is as follows: Gambians 130 Senegalese 56 Guineans (Conakry) 11 Guineans (Bissau) 8 Nigerians 6 Malians 6 Mauritanians 2 Sierra Leoneans 2 German 1 As regards remand, the break-down is as follows: Gambians 44 Senegalese 19 Guineans (Conakry) 15 Nigerians 3 Malians 1 Mile 2 had 130 prison officers. For the 3 prisons in The Gambia 244 warders served them. The total prison population in the Gambia was 507 at the time of the visit. Georgetown (Janjanbureh) had 64 prisoners. 15