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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
Percentage of untried prisoners
63.4 %
i
2015
/
Venezuelan Prisons Observatory
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1863
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Venezuelan Prison Observatory | Prison Insider
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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
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