Bolivia

Capital city — Sucre

Country population
11,210,000
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2016
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
130
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2016
/ ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary republic
Human Development Index
0.674
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of prisoners
14,598
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2016
/ ICPR
Prison density
254 %
i
2016
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
61
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2016
An NPM has been established
Yes
created in 2013,…
Female prisoners
7.9 %
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2018
/ ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
65.9 %
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2016
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1997

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Overview

Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

130

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2016

/ ICPR

Total number of prisoners

14,598

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2016

/ ICPR

Prison density

254 %

i

2016

/ ICPR

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of the Interior

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

61

i

2016

Total official capacity of the prison facilities

5,750

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2016 - World Prison Brief