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Mexico
Capital city —
Ciudad de México
Country population
123,166,749
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
204
i
2016
/
ICPR
Type of government
Presidential Federal Republic
Human Development Index
0.762
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Depends on the state
Total number of prisoners
247,001
i
2016
/
ICPR
Prison density
118 %
i
2016
/
ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
389
i
2016
An NPM has been established
Yes
created in 2007
Female prisoners
4.5 %
i
2015
/
CNDH
Incarcerated minors
5.4 %
i
2014
/
Unicef
Percentage of untried prisoners
41.4 %
i
2016
/
ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 2005
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Liga Mexicana por la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos | Prison Insider
Introduction
Overview
Prison population
Organisation
Prison facilities
Safeguards
National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies
Special populations
Women
Minors
Untried prisoners
Death penalty prisoners
Physical integrity
Death penalty
Deaths in detention
Ill-treatment and violence
Arbitrary or secret detention
Specific population
Prison population
Women
Juveniles
Foreigners
Ethnic or religious minorities
LGBTI persons
Prisoners of conscience
The elderly
The sick and the disabled
The penitentiary system
Premises
Staff
Daily life
The cells and their equipment
Food
Hygiene
Activities
Media
Religion
Financial resources and destitution
Collective movements
Security and safety
Contact with the outside world
Family visits
Correspondence and phone calls
Sentence adjustment policies
Access to legal rights
National preventive mechanism (NPM)
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Special populations
Women
Female prisoners
4.5 %
(11,107)
i
2015
/
CNDH
Minors
Incarcerated minors
5.4 %
(13,327)
i
2014
/
Unicef
Untried prisoners
Percentage of untried prisoners
41.4 %
(102,258)
i
2016
/
ICPR
Death penalty prisoners
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 2005
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