Jamaica

Capital city — Kingston

Country population
2,934,855
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2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.726
(96/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
57
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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
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11/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
138
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11/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
89 %
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11/2016
/ 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
Female prisoners
4.7 %
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11/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
5.2 %
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11/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
23.1 %
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11/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

4.7 % (182)

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11/2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

5.2 % (201)

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11/2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

23.1 % (894)

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11/2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no

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