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Argentina

Capital city — Buenos Aires

  • Country population

    43,431,886
    i
    2015
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    160
    i
    2014
    / SNEEP
  • Type of government

    Federal presidential constitutional rep…
  • Human Development Index

    0.827
    i
    2016
    / UNDP
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Justice
  • Total number of incarcerated people

    68,060
    i
    2014
    / SNEEP
  • Prison density

    103 %
    i
    2014
    / SNEEP
  • Total number of prison facilities

    250
    i
    2015
    / International Prison Observatory (OIP) in Argentina
  • An NPM has been established

    Yes

    created in 2014

  • Number and percentage of incarcerated w…

    4.4 %
    i
    2014
    / SNEEP
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated c…

    0.8 %
    i
    2014
    / SNEEP
  • Number and percentage of people awaitin…

    50.9 %
    i
    2014
    / SNEEP
  • The death penalty is abolished

    Yes

    since 2008

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Contributor(s)International Prison Observatory - Argentinian Section
  • Introduction
  • Overview
    • Prison population
    • Organisation
    • Prison facilities
  • Safeguards
    • National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies
  • Special populations
    • Women
    • Children
    • People awaiting trial
    • People sentenced to death
  • Physical integrity
    • Death penalty
    • Deaths in detention
    • Ill-treatment and violence
    • Arbitrary or secret detention
  • Specific population
    • Prison population
    • Women
    • Juveniles
    • Foreigners
    • Ethnic or religious minorities
    • LGBTI persons
    • The elderly
    • The sick and the disabled
  • The penitentiary system
    • Premises
    • Staff
  • Daily life
    • The cells and their equipment
    • Food
    • Hygiene
    • Health
    • Activities
    • Work
    • Schooling and professional training
    • Religion
    • External participants
    • Financial resources and destitution
    • Means of communication for the inmates
    • Security and safety
  • Contact with the outside world
    • Family visits
    • Correspondence and phone calls
    • Sentence adjustment policies
    • Access to legal rights
    • National preventive mechanism (NPM)
  • Recommendations
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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

4.4 % (2,989)
i
2014
/ SNEEP

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

0.8 % (511)
i
2014
/ SNEEP

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

50.9 % (34,643)
i
2014
/ SNEEP

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

Yes

since 2008

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