Nicaragua

Capital city — Managua

Country population
6,948,392
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2022
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
332
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10/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential)
Human Development Index
0.669
(130/193)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
11.01
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2021
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Government
Total number of prisoners
20,918
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10/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
177.6 %
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10/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
9
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2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2012
Female prisoners
5.4 %
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10/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.6 %
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12/2012
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
21.4 %
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10/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1979
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PdM

Year2024