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Puerto Rico

Capital city — San Juan

  • Country population

    3,195,153
    i
    12/2018
    / Population Data
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    313
    i
    07/2017
    / ICPR
  • Type of government

    Representative democracy
  • Human Development Index

    0.845
    i
    2017
    / Population Data
  • Total number of incarcerated people

    10,475
    i
    2017
    / ICPR
  • Prison density

    73.6 %
    i
    07/2017
    / ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    34
    i
    07/2017
  • An NPM has been established

    No
    i
    APT
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated w…

    3.6 %
    i
    2017
    / ICPR
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated c…

    3.7 %
    i
    2013
    / ICPR
  • Number and percentage of people awaitin…

    13 %
    i
    07/2017
    / ICPR
  • The death penalty is abolished

    Yes, in 1929
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Introduction

Country population

3,195,153

i
12/2018
/ Population Data

Type of government

Representative democracy

Human Development Index

0.845

i
2017
/ Population Data
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