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Costa Rica

Capital city — San José

  • Country population

    5,047,561
    i
    2019
    / World Bank
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    374
    i
    2017
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Type of government

    Presidential Republic
  • Human Development Index

    0.81

    (62/188)

    i
    2019
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    11.3
    i
    2018
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Justice and Peace
  • Total number of prisoners

    19,226
    i
    2017
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Prison density

    129 %
    i
    2017
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    32
    i
    2017
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    yes, in 2009
  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    5.4 %
    i
    2017
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarcerated minors

    1.3 %
    i
    2017
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Untried prisoners

    14.7 %
    i
    2017
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    yes, since 1877
    i
    PdM
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An NPM has been established

yes, in 2009

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