Bolivia

Capital city — Sucre

Country population
11,210,000
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2016
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
130
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2016
/ ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary republic
Human Development Index
0.674
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of prisoners
14,598
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2016
/ ICPR
Prison density
254 %
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2016
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
61
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2016
An NPM has been established
Yes
created in 2013,…
Female prisoners
7.9 %
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2018
/ ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
65.9 %
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2016
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1997

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

7.9 % (1,157)

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2018

/ ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

65.9 % (9,620)

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2016

/ ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

Yes

since 1997

Foreign prisoners

Number and percentage of foreign prisoners

4.1 %

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2014

/ ICPR2018