Venezuela

Capital city — Caracas

Country population
28,435,943
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2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Federal Constitutional Republic (Presid…
Human Development Index
0.711
(113/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
36.7
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Popular Power for Internal…
Total number of prisoners
37,543
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
113
i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
143 %
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
44
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
5.8 %
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0 %
i
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
62.5 %
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1863
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Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Popular Power for Internal Relations and Justice

Prison population

Total number of prisoners

37,543

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2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

113

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2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

143 %

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2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total number of prison facilities

44

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2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR