Argentina

Capital city — Buenos Aires

Country population
44,938,712
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2019
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
230
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.845
(46/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
5.3
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Human Rights
Total number of prisoners
109,405
including 8,771 i…
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
123 %
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
307
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2017
Female prisoners
4.4 %
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0 %
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
43.5 %
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2008
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

4.4 % (4,413)

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12/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0 %

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12/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

43.5 % (43,752)

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2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2008

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