Honduras

Capital city — Tegucigalpa

Country population
9,587,552
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2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.623
(132/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
41.7
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Secretary of Human Rights, Justice, Gov…
Total number of prisoners
21,629
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
237
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09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
204 %
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09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
27
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2008
Female prisoners
5.7 %
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10/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
3 %
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
53.1 %
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05/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1956
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Special populations

Female prisoners

5.7 %

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10/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

3 %

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2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried prisoners

53.1 %

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05/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1956

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