Argentina

Capital city — Buenos Aires

Country population
44,494,502
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2018
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
230
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.83
(48/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
5.1
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Human Rights
Total number of incarcerated people
103,209
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
122.1 %
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
308
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2017
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
4.8 %
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.1 %
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
45.9 %
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2008
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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

4.8 % (4,954)

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12/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

0.1 % (103)

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12/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

45.9 % (47,373)

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12/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2008

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