Honduras

Capital city — Tegucigalpa

Country population
9,904,608
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2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.634
(132/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
38.9
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Secretary of Human Rights, Justice, Gov…
Total number of prisoners
21,675
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09/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
218
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09/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
204 %
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09/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
28
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2008
Number and percentage of female prisone…
5.7 %
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10/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
3 %
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
54.1 %
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1956
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PdM

yes, since 2008