The number of high-ranking women is low in prison services in SADC Member States, with the entire region having no female Commissioner General / Principal Commissioner of Prisons.
Country |
Rank |
Total |
Male |
Female |
Angola |
Principal Commissioner of Prisons |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Commissioner |
14 |
13 |
1 |
|
Deputy Commissioner |
15 |
14 |
1 |
|
Chief Superintendent |
38 |
30 |
8 |
|
Superintendent |
63 |
57 |
6 |
|
Total |
141 |
115 |
16 |
|
Botswana |
Commissioner |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Deputy Commissioner |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Senior Assistant Commissioner |
7 |
4 |
2 |
|
Assistant Commissioner |
9 |
6 |
3 |
|
Senior Superintendent |
46 |
35 |
9 |
|
Superintendent |
61 |
51 |
10 |
|
Assistant Commissioner |
68 |
49 |
19 |
|
Total |
194 |
146 |
45 |
|
DRC |
Commissioner-General |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Deputy Commissioner-General |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Commissioner |
14 |
12 |
2 |
|
Deputy Commissioner |
35 |
19 |
16 |
|
Assistant Commissioner |
0 |
|
|
|
Senior Superintendent |
0 |
|
|
|
Superintendent |
0 |
|
|
|
Total |
53 |
34 |
19 |
|
Lesotho |
Commissioner-General |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Deputy Commissioner-General |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Commissioner |
14 |
12 |
2 |
|
Deputy Commissioner |
3 |
19 |
16 |
|
Assistant Commissioner |
0 |
|
|
|
Senior Superintendent |
0 |
|
|
|
Superintendent |
0 |
|
|
|
Total |
53 |
34 |
19 |
|
Madagascar |
Commissioner-General |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Deputy Commissioner-General |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Commissioner |
14 |
12 |
2 |
|
Deputy Commissioner |
3 |
19 |
16 |
|
Assistant Commissioner |
0 |
|
|
|
Senior Superintendent |
0 |
|
|
|
Superintendent |
0 |
|
|
|
Total |
53 |
34 |
19 |
|
Malawi |
Chief Commissioner |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Commissioner |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Deputy Commissioner |
4 |
4 |
0 |
|
Senior Assistant Commissioner |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Assistant Commissioner |
10 |
7 |
3 |
|
Chief Superintendent |
12 |
10 |
2 |
|
Senior Superintendent |
30 |
26 |
4 |
|
Superintendent |
17 |
10 |
7 |
|
Total |
78 |
60 |
18 |
|
Mauritius |
Commissioner-General |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Deputy Commissioner-General |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Commissioner |
14 |
12 |
2 |
|
Deputy Commissioner |
35 |
19 |
16 |
|
Assistant Commissioner |
0 |
|
|
|
Senior Superintendent |
0 |
|
|
|
Superintendent |
0 |
|
|
|
Total |
53 |
34 |
19 |
|
Mozambique |
Commissioner-General |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Deputy Commissioner-General |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Commissioner |
14 |
12 |
2 |
|
Deputy Commissioner |
35 |
19 |
16 |
|
Assistant Commissioner |
0 |
|
|
|
Senior Superintendent |
0 |
|
|
|
Superintendent |
0 |
|
|
|
Total |
53 |
34 |
19 |
|
Namibia |
Commissioner-General |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Deputy Commissioner-General |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Commissioner |
14 |
12 |
2 |
|
Deputy Commissioner |
35 |
19 |
16 |
|
Assistant Commissioner |
0 |
|
|
|
Senior Superintendent |
0 |
|
|
|
Superintendent |
0 |
|
|
|
Total |
53 |
34 |
19 |
|
Seychelles |
Commissioner-General |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Deputy Commissioner-General |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Commissioner |
14 |
12 |
2 |
|
Deputy Commissioner |
35 |
19 |
16 |
|
Assistant Commissioner |
0 |
|
|
|
Senior Superintendent |
0 |
|
|
|
Superintendent |
0 |
|
|
|
Total |
53 |
34 |
19 |
|
Swaziland |
Commissioner General |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Deputy Commissioner-General |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Commissioner |
14 |
12 |
2 |
|
Deputy Commissioner |
35 |
19 |
16 |
|
Assistant Commissioner |
0 |
|
|
|
Senior Superintendent |
0 |
|
|
|
Superintendent |
0 |
|
|
|
Total |
53 |
34 |
19 |
|
Tanzania |
Commissioner-General |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Deputy Commissioner-General |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Commissioner |
14 |
12 |
2 |
|
Deputy Commissioner |
35 |
19 |
16 |
|
Assistant Commissioner |
0 |
|
|
|
Senior Superintendent |
0 |
|
|
|
Superintendent |
0 |
|
|
|
Total |
53 |
34 |
19 |
|
Zambia |
Commissioner |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Deputy Commissioner |
4 |
4 |
0 |
|
Senior Commissioner |
4 |
4 |
0 |
|
Assistant Commissioner |
9 |
7 |
2 |
|
Chief Superintendent |
8 |
6 |
2 |
|
Senior Superintendent |
15 |
14 |
1 |
|
Superintendent |
27 |
21 |
6 |
|
Assistant Superintendent |
66 |
51 |
15 |
|
Total |
134 |
108 |
26 |
|
Zimbabwe |
Commissioner-General |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Deputy Commissioner-General |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Commissioner |
14 |
12 |
2 |
|
Deputy Commissioner |
35 |
19 |
16 |
|
Assistant Commissioner |
0 |
|
|
|
Senior Superintendent |
0 |
|
|
|
Superintendent |
0 |
|
|
|
Total |
53 |
34 |
19 |
Source SADC Gender Database