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Brazil

Capital city — Brasilia

  • Country population

    213,930,000
    i
    2019
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    337
    i
    02/2019
    / ICPR
  • Type of government

    Federal Republic with presidential regi…
  • Human Development Index

    0.759

    (79/188)

    i
    2017
    / UNDP
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Justice
  • Total number of incarcerated people

    719,998
    i
    02/2019
    / ICPR
  • Prison density

    166.2 %
    i
    02/2019
    / ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    2,625
    i
    02/2019
    / ICPRaccording to the National Council of Justice
  • An NPM has been established

    Yes

    The president of…

    i
    06/2019
    / OMCT
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated w…

    6.9 %
    i
    2016
    / ICPR
  • Number and percentage of people awaitin…

    33.8 %
    i
    02/2019
    / ICRP
  • The death penalty is abolished

    in practice

    in 1979 for ordin…

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Introduction

Country population

213,930,000

i
2019

Type of government

Federal Republic with presidential regime

Human Development Index

0.759

(79/188)

i
2017
/ UNDP
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