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Panama

Capital city — Panama

  • Country population

    4,246,439
    i
    2019
    / World Bank
  • Type of government

    Constitutional Republic (Presidential)
  • Human Development Index

    0.815

    (57/188)

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

    9.4
    i
    2018
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Government
  • Total number of prisoners

    18,174
    i
    02/2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    420
    i
    02/2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Prison density

    125 %
    i
    02/2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    23
    i
    2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    yes, since 2018
  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    5.2 %
    i
    02/2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarcerated minors

    Data not disclosed

  • Untried prisoners

    39.2 %
    i
    02/2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    yes, since 1916
    i
    PdM
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    • Minors
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    • Death penalty prisoners
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Safeguards

An NPM has been established

yes, since 2018

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