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Peru

Capital city — Lima

Country population
31,826,018
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
268
i
2017
/ National Penitentiary Institute - National Institute of Statistics and Informatics
Type of government
Presidential Republic
Human Development Index
0.74
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Human Rights
Total number of prisoners
85,396
i
2017
/ National Penitentiary Institute
Prison density
231 %
i
2017
/ National Penitentiary Institute
Total number of prison facilities
69
i
2017
An NPM has been established
Yes
created in 2015
Number and percentage of female prisone…
5.7 %
i
2017
/ National Penitentiary Institute
Incarcerated minors
2.5 %
i
2017
/ Directory of Juvenile Dentention Facilities
Untried prisoners
41.7 %
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2017
/ National Penitentiary Institute
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1979 for or…
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Year2017

Contributor(s)Rolando Arbesún

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Country population

31,826,018

Type of government

Presidential Republic

Human Development Index

0.74

i

2016

/ UNDP