Kenya

Capital city — Nairobi

Country population
51,393,010
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2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential)
Human Development Index
0.579
(147/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
5
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Interior and Coordination o…
Total number of incarcerated people
51,130
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01/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
102
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09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
191 %
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09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
105
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
6.3 %
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
1.2 %
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12/2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
48 %
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09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

6.3 %

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2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

1.2 %

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12/2013

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

48 %

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09/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

no, but abolitionist in practice

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