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Mauritius Penal System
Laws governing the Mauritian penal system are derived
partly
from old French codes and English law. The judicial system
consists of the Supreme Court, presided over by the chief
justice
and five other judges who also serve as judges of the
Court of
Appeal, the Industrial Court, and ten district courts.
Final
appeal can be made to the Queen's Privy Council in
Britain;
approximately 50 percent of the Supreme Court rulings
referred to
the Privy Council have been reversed. There are no
political or
military courts in Mauritius. The prison system consists
of four
facilities; a prison, a rehabilitation center, a youth
institution, and an industrial school. The daily average
prison
population is 700.
Data as of August 1994
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