Peru

Capital city — Lima

Country population
31,989,256
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2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.759
(82/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
7.7
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
91,283
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04/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
278
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04/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
232 %
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
69
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2015
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
5.5 %
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04/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0 %
number of inmates…
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
39.4 %
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04/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1979
for common law cr…
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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

5.5 % (5,021)

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04/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

0 %

number of inmates between 18-20 is 1.1%

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12/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

39.4 % (35,925)

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04/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1979

for common law crimes

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