Venezuela

Capital city — Caracas

Country population
28,838,499
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2023
/ World Bank
Type of government
Federal Constitutional Republic (Presid…
Human Development Index
0.699
(119/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
12.61
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2022
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Popular Power for Internal…
Total number of incarcerated people
67,200
32,200 in prisons…
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03/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
199
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03/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
163.8 %
occupancy level o…
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2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
41
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2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
7.8 %
of people in pris…
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03/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0 %
Minors in custody…
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World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
62.5 %
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1863
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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

7.8 % (2,500)

of people in prisons

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03/2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

0 %

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World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors in custody are held not by the prison administration but by INAN, an institute under the responsibility of the Ministry of Health.

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

62.5 %

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2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1863

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