Kuwait

Capital city — Kuwait City

Country population
4,270,563
i
2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.806
(64/188)
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.8
i
2012
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of prisoners
4,420
i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
111
i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
129 %
i
2020
/ 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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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
Data not disclosed
Percentage of untried prisoners
17 %
i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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PdM

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Overview

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of the Interior

Prison population

Total number of prisoners

4,420

i

2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

111

i

2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

129 %

i

2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

3

(in one complex)

i

2015

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR