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Venezuela
Capital city —
Caracas
Country population
31,240,000
i
31/05/2015
/ UNDP
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
159
i
2015
/
ICPR
Type of government
Presidential federal Republic
Human Development Index
0.767
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Interior, Justice and Peace
Total number of prisoners
49,664
i
2015
/
Venezuelan Prisons Observatory
/ ICPR
Prison density
290 %
i
2015
/
Venezuelan Prisons Observatory
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
35
i
2015
An NPM has been established
No
Number and percentage of female prisone…
5.6 %
i
2015
/
Venezuelan Prisons Observatory
/ ICPR
Incarcerated minors
4.1 %
i
Defensoría del Pueblo
(Ombudsman) / ICPR
Untried prisoners
63.4 %
i
2015
/
Venezuelan Prisons Observatory
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1863
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Venezuelan Prison Observatory | Prison Insider
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An NPM has been established
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