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Argentina

Capital city — Buenos Aires

Country population
43,431,886
i
2015
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
160
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2014
/ SNEEP
Type of government
Federal presidential constitutional rep…
Human Development Index
0.827
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
68,060
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2014
/ SNEEP
Prison density
103 %
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2014
/ SNEEP
Total number of prison facilities
250
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2015
/ International Prison Observatory (OIP) in Argentina
An NPM has been established
Yes
created in 2014
Number and percentage of female prisone…
4.4 %
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2014
/ SNEEP
Incarcerated minors
0.8 %
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2014
/ SNEEP
Untried prisoners
50.9 %
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2014
/ SNEEP
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 2008

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Special populations

Special populations

Number and percentage of female prisoners

4.4 % (2,989)

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2014

/ SNEEP

Incarcerated minors

0.8 % (511)

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2014

/ SNEEP

50.9 % (34,643)

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2014

/ SNEEP

Death penalty is abolished

Yes

since 2008