Honduras

Capital city — Tegucigalpa

Country population
8,590,000
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
198
i
2016
/ ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary democracy
Human Development Index
0.625
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the prison…
Secretary for Security
Ministry of Home affairs
Total number of prisoners
17,017
i
2016
/ ICPR
Prison density
195 %
i
2015
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
31
i
2017
/ National Penitentiary Institute
An NPM has been established
Yes
Created in 2008
Number and percentage of female prisoners
5.2 %
i
2016
/ National penitentiary institute
Incarcerated minors
2.3 %
i
2015
/ Association for a fairer society
Untried prisoners
50.5 %
i
2015
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1956

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Special populations

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of female prisoners

5.2 %(887)

i

2016

/ National penitentiary institute

Minors

Incarcerated minors

2.3 %(386)

i

2015

/ Association for a fairer society

Untried prisoners

50.5 %(8,594)

i

2015

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

Yes

since 1956