Guatemala

Capital city — Guatemala City

Country population
16,680,000
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2016
/ PNUD
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
124
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2016
/ ICPR
Type of government
Presidential, democratic republic
Human Development Index
0.64
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Total number of prisoners
20,697
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2016
/ General Office of the Penitentiary System
Prison density
296 %
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2015
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
22
i
2016
An NPM has been established
Yes
since 2010
Female prisoners
9.6 %
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2016
/ General Office of the Penitentiary System
Incarcerated minors
5.3 %
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2016
/ Social Welfare Secretariat
Percentage of untried prisoners
44.6 %
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2015
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 2017, for C…

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

9.6 % (1,987)

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2016

/ General Office of the Penitentiary System

Minors

Incarcerated minors

5.3 % (1,092)

i

2016

/ Social Welfare Secretariat

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

44.6 % (9,232)

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2015

/ ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

Yes

since 2017, for Common Law crimes