11 DOC/OS(XXXIII)/324c/I supplied to the delegation without any difficulty by the prison authorities. However, the figures and statistics concerning the number of people on remand or in detention awaiting deportation (foreigners) in police cells were not supplied by the police authorities in spite of the delegation's repeated requests, both before and during the visit. The delegation had therefore to work on the basis of estimates supplied by the prison administration without being able to confirm them. At the time of the visit, the delegation was informed by the authorities that there were around 4,800 convicted prisoners and 4,000 on remand (of whom 259 were held in prison and the remainder in police stations) in Namibia. If these figures were to be confirmed by the authorities, especially the police, the rate of imprisonment would be extremely high, of the order of 517 prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants. In prisons At the time of the visit, there were 5,102 detained persons distributed as follows: Total cy. 5 4829 94.6 21 0 259 5.2 9 318 5 5102 0.2 6.2 0.1 Adult female 4431 101 297 233 5 Total 4664 106 % 91.4 2.1 Convicted On remand Babies (1) Juveniles Juveniles boys girls Adult male (1) Children detained with their mothers Among those sentenced in 20001: First offenders Second offenders Recidivists 81.3% 11.8% 7.0% Length of prison sentences: Less than a month 1-6 months 1.2% 44.0% 6 months2 years 36.2 % 2-5 years 12.9% 5-10 years More than 10 years 3.9% Life* 1.7% 0 *At the time of the visit, the number of persons sentenced to life in prison was greater (7 in Windhoek prison). Among the convicted persons in the year 2000, the distribution by age was: Less than 15 years old 0.5% 1 16-20 year olds 21-30 year olds 31-50 year olds More than 50 years old 16.7 °A) 53.1 % 27.8% Source: The Prison Administration's Annual Report for 2000. 1.8%