Colombia

Capital city — Bogota

Country population
50,339,443
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2019
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
194
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03/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional republic
(Presidential dem…
Human Development Index
0.767
(83/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
25.3
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Law
Total number of incarcerated people
98,076
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03/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
121 %
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03/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
132
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
7.2 %
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03/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
24.1 %
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03/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1910
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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

7.2 % (7,078)

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03/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

24.1 % (23,619)

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03/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1910

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