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
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Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of National Security and Justice

Prison population

Total number of prisoners

3,884

i

12/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

137

i

2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

137 %

i

2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

11

seven prisons for adults and four for juveniles

i

2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR