Honduras

Capital city — Tegucigalpa

Country population
10,432,860
i
2022
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.624
(138/193)
i
2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
35.09
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2022
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Secretary of Human Rights, Justice, Gov…
Total number of prisoners
19,500
estimate
i
31/03/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
189
estimate
i
03/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
150 %
estimated percent…
i
31/03/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
26
i
2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2008
Female prisoners
5.5 %
i
31/08/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
3 %
i
21/08/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
53.7 %
i
31/08/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1956
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