Kenya

Capital city — Nairobi

Country population
52,573,973
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential)
Human Development Index
0.601
(143/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
4.9
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Interior and Coordination o…
Total number of prisoners
42,596
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09/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
81
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09/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
191 %
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09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
129
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
6.7 %
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.2 %
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12/2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
44.1 %
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice
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Special populations

Female prisoners

6.7 %

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2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

1.2 %

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12/2013

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried prisoners

44.1 %

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2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

no, but abolitionist in practice

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