Country | Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) |
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Ministry responsible |
Ministry of Home Affairs
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Prison administration |
Cayman Islands Prison Service
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Contact address |
P.O. Box 1807, Grand Cayman KY1-1109, Cayman Islands
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Telephone |
+1 345 947 3000
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Fax |
+1 345 947 3014
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Head of prison administration (and title) | Daniel Greaves
Director of Prisons
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Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) | 258
at 31.12.2023 (national statistics compendium)
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Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) | 304
based on an estimated national population of 84,740 at end of December 2023 (national statistics compendium)
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Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 29.6%
(January 2015)
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Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 9.4%
(average 2023)
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Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population) | 1.0%
(31.8.2009 - under 18)
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Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 32.9%
(31.12.2023)
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Number of establishments / institutions | 2
(2018 - Northward (males) and Fairbanks (females))
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Official capacity of prison system | 167
(31.12.2020)
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Occupancy level (based on official capacity) | 122.8%
(31.12.2020)
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Prison population trend (year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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Few prisoners denied conditional release
Mental health presents major challenge for prison
Prison seeks business partners for job training
Inmates’ voluntary work part of rehab process
No prison cells left at Northward
Pages
Report on announced inspections of HMP Fairbanks and HMP Northward
Report on an announced inspection of HM Cayman Islands Prison Service 22–27 July 2012
- Pre-trial/remand prison population: trend
- Female prison population: trend
- Prison population trend up to 2000
Pre-trial/remand prison population: trend
The table below gives an indication of the recent trend in the pre-trial/remand prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.
It consists of the number of pre-trial/remand prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total prison population that pre-trial/remand prisoners constituted on that day.
The final column shows the pre-trial/remand population rate per 100,000 of the national population.
CAYMAN ISLANDS (UNITED KINGDOM)
Year | Number in | Percentage | Pre-trial/remand |
1999 | 19 | 7.8% | 48 |
2015 | 56 | 29.6% | 103 |
It should be noted that the number of pre-trial/remand prisoners fluctuates from day to day, month to month and year to year. Consequently the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.
The pre-trial/remand population rate is calculated on the basis of the national population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international authorities.
Female prison population: trend
The table below gives an indication of the trend in the female prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.
It consists of the number of female prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total prison population that female prisoners constituted on that day.
The final column shows the female prison population rate per 100,000 of the national population.
CAYMAN ISLANDS (UNITED KINGDOM)
Year | Number of | Percentage | Female prison |
2000 | 24 | 10.6% | 59.7 |
2023 | 23 | 9.4% | 27.7 |
The number of female prisoners fluctuates and so the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.
The female prison population rate is calculated on the basis of the national population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international authorities.
(If the rate were calculated on the basis of the number of females in the national population it would of course be approximately double the figure in the final column).
Prison population trend up to 2000
The figures below give an indication of the prison population trend in the years up to 2000. They supplement the more recent figures that are shown at the foot of the Overview page and in the graphs below.
CAYMAN ISLANDS (UNITED KINGDOM)
Year |
Prison |
Prison population rate |
1981 |
46 |
249 |