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Kenya
Capital city —
Nairobi
Country population
47,400,000
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
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 prison…
Ministry of Interior and National Government…
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
Number and percentage of female prisoners
7 %
i
2016
/
ICPR
Untried prisoners
40.7 %
i
2016
/
ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
No, but abolitionist in practice
no execution since…
+
Annual report
Seen in the press
Date of the report
2017
Introduction
Overview
Safeguards
Special populations
Physical integrity
Print
Special populations
Themes
Women
Untried prisoners
Death penalty prisoners
Special populations
Themes
Women
Untried prisoners
Death penalty prisoners
Women
Number and percentage of female prisoners
7 %
(3,762)
i
2016
/
ICPR
Untried prisoners
40.7 %
(21,933)
i
2016
/
ICPR
Death penalty prisoners
Death penalty is abolished
No, but abolitionist in practice
no execution since 1987
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