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Mexico
Capital city —
Mexico City
Country population
128,932,753
i
2020
/
World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
166
chiffre estimé
i
11/2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.779
(74/188)
i
2020
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
29.1
i
2018
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
National Security Commission
(Comision Naciona…
Total number of prisoners
220,866
i
07/2021
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
102 %
i
07/2021
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
288
i
2021
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2007
Number and percentage of female prisone…
5.6 %
i
07/2021
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
4.3 %
i
12/2013
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
42.8 %
i
07/2021
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2005
i
PdM
+
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2021
2021
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2017
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Safeguards
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2007
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