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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
Female prisoners
5.1 %
i
2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0 %
i
12/2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of 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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PdM
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Safeguards
National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2013
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