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Jamaica
Capital city —
Kingston
Country population
2,948,279
i
2019
/
World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.734
(101/188)
i
2019
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
43.9
i
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
i
12/2018
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
137
i
2018
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
137 %
i
2018
/
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
3.9 %
i
2018
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
4.8 %
i
31/12/2018
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
32.1 %
i
31/12/2017
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
i
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+
Year
2021
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