Brazil

Capital city — Brasilia

Country population
207,690,000
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2018
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
323
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2018
/ ICPR
Type of government
Federal Republic with presidential regi…
Human Development Index
0.754
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
670,111
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2018
/ ICPR
Prison density
163 %
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2018
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
1,149
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2016
An NPM has been established
Yes, created in 2013
Female prisoners
6.7 %
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2018
/ ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
36.2 %
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2018
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes, for Common Law crimes
since 1979

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

6.7 % (44,700)

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2018

/ ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

36.2 % (242,392)

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2018

/ ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

Yes, for Common Law crimes

since 1979

Foreign prisoners

Number and percentage of foreign prisoners

0.4 %

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2016

/ ICPR