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convicts : 2,250 men, 57 women, 2 minors made up of 1 girl and 1 boy, i.e. a total of
2,315;
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remand prisoners: 2,522 men, 120 women, 69 minors made up of 35 boys and 34
girls.
Situation by
Region : No.
Regions
Convicts
Remand Prisoners
1st
Kayes
212
335
2nd
Koulikoro
492
322
3rd
Sikasso
406
209
4th
Segou
327
233
5th
Mopti
150
161
6th
Timbuktu
45
53
7th
Gao
85
102
8th
Kidal
02
15
District
Bamako
576
1,092
2,295
2,522
TOTAL
Annual Report 2010 : NHRC Report on the human rights situation in Mali.
113. Article 71 of the Criminal Code punishes prisons officers who are guilty of arbitrary
detention (six months to two years imprisonment and a fine of 20,000 to 240,000 Francs) and
all those who, without an order from the public authorities, and except in cases where the law
orders that accused persons should be taken into custody, arrest, detain and hold any person
whatsoever in confinement (Art. 237).
114. The Criminal Procedure Code provides that the work of the Criminal Investigation
Department, which is tasked with ascertaining breaches of the criminal law, collecting
evidence thereon and looking for perpetrators, is performed by officers, civil servants and
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