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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…

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Special populations

Special populations

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