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Jamaica

Capital city — Kingston

  • Country population

    2,948,279
    i
    2019
    / World Bank
  • Type of government

    Constitutional Monarchy
  • Human Development Index

    0.734

    (101/188)

    i
    2019
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    43.9
    i
    2018
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of National Security and Justi…
  • Total number of prisoners

    3,884
    i
    12/2018
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    137
    i
    2018
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Prison density

    137 %
    i
    2018
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    11

    seven prisons for…

    i
    2014
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    no
  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    3.9 %
    i
    2018
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarcerated minors

    4.8 %
    i
    31/12/2018
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Untried prisoners

    32.1 %
    i
    31/12/2017
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    no
    i
    PdM
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