Total prison population:
90,000
- Country
- Cuba
- Ministry responsible
- Ministry of the Interior
- Prison administration
- Direccion de Carceles y Prisiones
- Contact address
-
Plaza de la Revolución, La Habana (Havana)
Cuba - Telephone
Prison population data
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| c. 55,000 | c. 487 | |
| c. 60,000 | c. 531 | |
| 57,337 | 510 |
Prison population total
Prison population rate
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