Department of Correctional Services – 2016 Offender Census

This report provides a ‘snapshot’ of the Vanuatu offender population as of September 2016. It provides a profile of the people held in Vanuatu’s four Correctional Centres at that date (“Detainees”) and – a profile of the people serving community-based sentences at that time. Key findings of 2016 census include: The detainee population on 11 September 2016 was 180 persons, including two female and the community-based offender population on 11 September 2016 was 169 persons including five females. Morality remains the main offence committed in Vanuatu, 54% of detainees and 51% of offenders in the community commit the offence against Morality