As of 2020, around 86 thousand people faced imprisonment in Kenya. The majority was constituted of unconvicted prisioners, summing up to 56,813 individuals. Other 29,306 people received a condemnation, which varied from less than one month imprisonment to death sentence. Compared to previous years, Kenya's prison population strongly decreased. According to the source, the decline in the total prison population was attributed to sentence reviews of offenders serving death sentences and life imprisonment. Also, the government reviewed cases of remandees to alternative non-custodial sentencing due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Number of people committed for imprisonment in Kenya from 2010 to 2020, by prisoner group
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Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. (December 20, 2021). Number of people committed for imprisonment in Kenya from 2010 to 2020, by prisoner group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 06, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1241807/number-of-convicted-and-unconvicted-prisioners-in-kenya/
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. "Number of people committed for imprisonment in Kenya from 2010 to 2020, by prisoner group." Chart. December 20, 2021. Statista. Accessed October 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1241807/number-of-convicted-and-unconvicted-prisioners-in-kenya/
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Number of people committed for imprisonment in Kenya from 2010 to 2020, by prisoner group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1241807/number-of-convicted-and-unconvicted-prisioners-in-kenya/
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. "Number of People Committed for Imprisonment in Kenya from 2010 to 2020, by Prisoner Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1241807/number-of-convicted-and-unconvicted-prisioners-in-kenya/
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, Number of people committed for imprisonment in Kenya from 2010 to 2020, by prisoner group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1241807/number-of-convicted-and-unconvicted-prisioners-in-kenya/ (last visited October 06, 2024)
Number of people committed for imprisonment in Kenya from 2010 to 2020, by prisoner group [Graph], Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, December 20, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1241807/number-of-convicted-and-unconvicted-prisioners-in-kenya/
