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Argentina
Capital city —
Buenos Aires
Country population
43,431,886
i
2015
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
160
i
2014
/ SNEEP
Type of government
Federal presidential constitutional republic
Human Development Index
0.827
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the prison…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
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 female prisoners
4.4 %
i
2014
/ SNEEP
Incarcerated minors
0.8 %
i
2014
/ SNEEP
Untried prisoners
50.9 %
i
2014
/ SNEEP
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 2008
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Year
2015
Author(s)
International Prison Observatory - Argentinian Section
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Women
Minors
Untried prisoners
Death penalty prisoners
Women
Number and percentage of female prisoners
4.4 %
(2,989)
i
2014
/ SNEEP
Minors
Incarcerated minors
0.8 %
(511)
i
2014
/ SNEEP
Untried prisoners
50.9 %
(34,643)
i
2014
/ SNEEP
Death penalty prisoners
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 2008
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