Venezuela

Capital city — Caracas

Country population
28,435,943
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2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Federal Constitutional Republic (Presid…
Human Development Index
0.711
(113/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
36.7
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Popular Power for Internal…
Total number of prisoners
37,543
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
113
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
143 %
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
44
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
5.8 %
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0 %
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World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
62.5 %
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1863
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Special populations

Female prisoners

5.8 % (2,183)

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2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

0 % (0)

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World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried prisoners

62.5 % (23,472)

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2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1863

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