Brazil

Capital city — Brasilia

Country population
213,930,000
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2019
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
337
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02/2019
/ ICPR
Type of government
Federal Republic with presidential regi…
Human Development Index
0.759
(79/188)
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2017
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
719,998
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02/2019
/ ICPR
Prison density
166.2 %
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02/2019
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
2,625
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02/2019
/ ICPRaccording to the National Council of Justice
An NPM has been established
Yes
The president of…
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06/2019
/ OMCT
Female prisoners
6.9 %
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2016
/ ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
33.8 %
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02/2019
/ ICRP
Death penalty is abolished
in practice
in 1979 for ordin…

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Special populations

Female prisoners

6.9 %

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2016

/ ICPR

Percentage of untried prisoners

33.8 % (243,308)

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02/2019

/ ICRP

Death penalty is abolished

in practice

in 1979 for ordinary crimes. Last executed in 1855.