As of 2020, around ** thousand people faced imprisonment in Kenya. The majority was constituted of unconvicted prisioners, summing up to * individuals. Other * 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.
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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 ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 31, 2026, from /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. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 31, 2026. /statistics/1241807/number-of-convicted-and-unconvicted-prisioners-in-kenya/
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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: /statistics/1241807/number-of-convicted-and-unconvicted-prisioners-in-kenya/
