CountryCuba
Ministry responsible
Ministry of the Interior
Prison administration
Direccion de Carceles y Prisiones
Contact address
Plaza de la Revolución, La Habana (Havana), Cuba
Telephone
+53 7 301566
Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
90 000
at January 2020 (Ministry of the Interior, not including prisoners in labour camps)
Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)
794
based on an estimated national population of 11.33 million at January 2020 (from United Nations figures)
Number of establishments / institutions
200
(June 2013 - 5 maximum security prisons, 195 other penitentiary institutions)
Prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
2003 c 55,000 c 487
2006 c 60,000 c 531
2012 57,337 510
2003 c 55,000 c 487
2006 c 60,000 c 531
2012 57,337 510