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Venezuela

Capital city — Caracas

Country population
28,870,195
i
2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Federal Constitutional Republic (Presidential)
Human Development Index
0.726
(96/188)
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
56.3
i
2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the prison…
Ministry of Popular Power for Internal Relations…
Total number of prisoners
57,096
i
2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
178
i
2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
154 %
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
58
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of female prisoners
5.3 %
i
2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0 %
i
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
63 %
i
2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1863
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Introduction

Introduction

Country population

28,870,195

i

2018

Type of government

Federal Constitutional Republic (Presidential)

Human Development Index

0.726

(96/188)

i

2018

/ UNDP, Human Development Report

Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

56.3

i

2017

/ UNDP, Human Development Report