Jamaica

Capital city — Kingston

Country population
2,827,377
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2022
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.706
(115/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
53.34
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2022
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of National Security and Justi…
Total number of prisoners
3,559
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02/07/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
125
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07/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
87 %
i
31/08/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
11
seven prisons for…
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
4 %
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31/08/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
5.4 %
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31/08/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
22.5 %
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31/08/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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