Venezuela

Capital city — Caracas

Country population
28,838,499
i
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…
i
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…
i
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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PdM

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Overview

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison administration

Ministry of Popular Power for Internal Relations and Justice

Prison population

Total number of incarcerated people

67,200

32,200 in prisons; 35,000 in police detention centres

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03/2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

199

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03/2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

163.8 %

occupancy level of the prisons

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2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

41

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2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR