Jordan

Capital city — Amman

Country population
9,956,011
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2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.723
(102/188)
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2018
/ PNUD, Rapport sur le développement humain
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.4
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior, Public Securi…
Total number of prisoners
20,060
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
198
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
150 %
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
17
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
2.2 %
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0 %
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World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
36.9 %
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

2.2 % (441)

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12/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0 %

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World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

36.9 % (7,409)

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2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no

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