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Brazil

Capital city — Brasilia

  • Country population

    212,559,409
    i
    2020
    / World Bank
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    381
    i
    12/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Type of government

    Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
  • Human Development Index

    0.765

    (84/188)

    i
    2020
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    27.4
    i
    2018
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Justice
  • Total number of prisoners

    811,707
    i
    12/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Prison density

    146.8 %
    i
    12/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    2,608
    i
    08/2019
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    yes, since 2013
  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    5.1 %
    i
    2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarcerated minors

    0 %
    i
    12/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Untried prisoners

    28.9 %
    i
    2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    yes, since 1979

    for common law cr…

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