Venezuela

Capital city — Caracas

Country population
32,160,000
i
2018
/ UNDP
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
178
i
2017
/ ICPR
Type of government
Presidential federal Republic
Human Development Index
0.761
(78/188)
i
2017
/ PNUD
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Interior, Justice and Peace
Total number of prisoners
57,096
i
2017
/ ICPR
Prison density
125 %
i
2018
/ Observatoire vénézuélien des prisons
Total number of prison facilities
58
i
2016
/ ICPR
An NPM has been established
No
Female prisoners
5.3 %
i
2017
/ ICPR
Incarcerated minors
4.1 %
i
Defensoría del Pueblo (Ombudsman) / ICPR
Untried prisoners
63.4 %
i
2015
/ Venezuelan Prisons Observatory / ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1863

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Overview

Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

178

i

2017

/ ICPR

Total number of prisoners

57,096

i

2017

/ ICPR

Prison density

125 %

i

2018

/ Observatoire vénézuélien des prisons

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Interior, Justice and Peace

Total number of prison facilities

58

i

2016

/ ICPR