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Kenya
Capital city —
Nairobi
Country population
47,400,000
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
114
i
2016
/
ICPR
Type of government
Republic with presidential regime
Human Development Index
0.555
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Interior and National Gover…
Total number of prisoners
53,841
i
2016
/
ICPR
Prison density
202 %
i
2016
/
ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
108
i
2016
An NPM has been established
No
Female prisoners
7 %
i
2016
/
ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
40.7 %
i
2016
/
ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
No, but abolitionist in practice
no execution sinc…
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Prison population
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Women
Untried prisoners
Death penalty prisoners
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Special populations
Female prisoners
7 %
(3,762)
i
2016
/
ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
40.7 %
(21,933)
i
2016
/
ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
No, but abolitionist in practice
no execution since 1987
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