Jamaica

Capital city — Kingston

Country population
2,934,855
i
2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.726
(96/188)
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
57
i
2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of National Security and Justi…
Total number of prisoners
3,866
i
11/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
138
i
11/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
89 %
i
11/2016
/ 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
Female prisoners
4.7 %
i
11/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
5.2 %
i
11/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
23.1 %
i
11/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
i
PdM

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Introduction

Country population

2,934,855

i

2018

Type of government

Constitutional Monarchy

Human Development Index

0.726

(96/188)

i

2018

/ UNDP, Human Development Report

Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

57

i

2017

/ UNDP, Human Development Report