Kuwait

Capital city — Kuwait City

Country population
4,137,309
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2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.808
(57/188)
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.8
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of prisoners
4,662
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
117
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
134 %
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
3
(in one complex)
i
2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
5.8 %
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
-
Percentage of untried prisoners
10 %
estimated percent…
i
2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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PdM

+

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

5.8 % (270)

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12/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

-

not disclosed

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

10 %

estimated percentage

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2013

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no

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