Cuba

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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