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Jamaica

Capital city — Kingston

Country population
2,948,279
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.734
(101/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
43.9
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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
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
137
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
137 %
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
11
seven prisons for…
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2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of female prisone…
3.9 %
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
4.8 %
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31/12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
32.1 %
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31/12/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Special populations

Number and percentage of female prisoners

3.9 % (153)

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2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

4.8 %

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31/12/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

32.1 % (1,247)

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31/12/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

no

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