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Cuba

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Verified 20 May 2026 · Data dated 1 Jan 2020
Fresh · 1mo ago

WPB estimate; Cuba does not publish a formal annual figure. Includes inmates in 'open regime' work centres.

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Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date. Always verify with primary sources before acting on any figure. See data sources.

Prison population

90,000

Year: 2020

Rate per 100,000

794

Per 100,000 residents

Occupancy

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At or under capacity

Pre-trial / remand

—

Share not yet sentenced

Female prisoners

3.5%

Foreign nationals

—

Conditions risk — across 77 facilities

Average of our computed Conditions Risk Score across the country's facilities. Methodology · Browse highest-risk

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national average
77 unknown
retentionist on capital punishment. Last known execution: 2003.Methods: firing squadICCPR-OP2 (death-penalty abolition protocol): not a signatory

Seeded from Amnesty International 2024 categorisation + Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide.

Source: Amnesty International + Cornell Death Penalty Worldwide.

How Cuba compares

vs Americas (9) & global averages
Rate per 100,000this: 794 · region: 457 · global: 214

The vertical ticks mark the global (grey) and regional (amber) means. Bars are clipped at the high end for readability.

Prison population over time

Annual figures, latest survey year
2003: 55,000+63.6% over 17y2020: 90,000

Source: World Prison Brief / unodc

What we know — and don't

Transparency about the boundaries of this data. Click sources where linked.

What we don't know

  • Occupancy, pre-trial share, capacity figures not publicly released since 2012.

Prisons in Cuba

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77 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.

Antiguo IPUEC Panama

Cuba

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Bandera Roja

Cuba

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Calderon

Cuba

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Camp Echo

Cuba

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Camp Matecumbe

Cuba

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Camp Seven

Cuba

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Campamento Correccional de la Lima

Cuba

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Campamento de reclusos MININT

Cuba

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Canaleta prison

Cuba

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Carcel

Cuba

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Capacity

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Held

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Celdas

Cuba

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Capacity

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Celdas

Cuba

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Capacity

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Held

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Centro "Confianza"

Cuba

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Capacity

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Held

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Centro Penitenciario de Guanajay

Cuba

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Capacity

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Held

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Centro Penitenciario de Manzanillo

Cuba · Las Novillas

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Capacity

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Held

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Centro Penitenciario Provincial Pinar del Rio

Cuba

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Capacity

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Held

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Centro Penitenciario Sandino

Cuba · Sandino

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Capacity

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Held

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Centro Rehabilitacion

Cuba

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Capacity

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Held

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Columbia

Cuba

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Capacity

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Held

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Combinado del Este

Cuba · La Habana

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Capacity

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Held

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Combinado del Sur

Cuba

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Held

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Correccional Ivanov

Cuba

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Capacity

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Held

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Establecimiento Penitenciario de Quivican (Aguacate)

Cuba

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Capacity

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Held

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Establecimiento Penitenciario Valle Grande

Cuba

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See all 77 prisons in Cuba →

Data completeness

70%

Score based on how many fields are populated. We surface this so you know where the gaps are.

National population
11,330,0002020
Source-verified
20 May 2026
Source links
2 cited

Sources

Direct citations for the figures on this page.

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