Trinidad and Tobago

Capital city — Port of Spain

Country population
1,389,858
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2018
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
292
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09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Parliamentary)
Human Development Index
0.799
(63/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
30.9
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of National Security
Total number of prisoners
3,999
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09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
82 %
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09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
9
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
2.9 %
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09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.9 %
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09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
59.7 %
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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PdM

+

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

2.9 % (116)

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09/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

1.9 % (76)

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09/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

59.7 % (2,389)

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2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no

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