Mexico

Capital city — Mexico City

Country population
127,504,125
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2022
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
174
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04/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.781
(77/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
26.11
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2022
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
National Security Commission
(Comision Naciona…
Total number of incarcerated people
232,730
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30/04/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
104.6 %
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30/04/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
278
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2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2007
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
5.7 %
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30/04/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
4.3 %
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31/12/2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
37.8 %
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30/04/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2005
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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

5.7 % (13,343)

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30/04/2024

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

4.3 %

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31/12/2013

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

37.8 % (88,022)

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30/04/2024

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2005

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