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
Percentage of untried prisoners
23.1 %
i
11/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of National Security and Justice

Prison population

Total number of prisoners

3,866

i

11/2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

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 adults and four for juveniles

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2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR