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Brazil

Capital city — Brasilia

  • Country population

    215,313,498
    i
    2022
    / World Bank
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    392
    i
    12/2023
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Type of government

    Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
  • Human Development Index

    0.76

    (89/193)

    i
    2022
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    21.26
    i
    2021
    / UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Justice
  • Total number of incarcerated people

    850,377
    i
    12/2023
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Prison density

    131.7 %
    i
    12/2023
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    1,387
    i
    12/2023
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    yes, since 2013
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated w…

    5.5 %
    i
    12/2023
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated c…

    0 %
    i
    12/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Number and percentage of people awaitin…

    24.6 %
    i
    12/2023
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • The death penalty is abolished

    yes, since 1979
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    PdM
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