Bolivia

Capital city — Sucre

Country population
11,673,029
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2020
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
157
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03/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.718
(107/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
6.2
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2016
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Interior and Police
Total number of prisoners
18,260
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03/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
270 %
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03/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
51
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2013
Female prisoners
8 %
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
14 %
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2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
65 %
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2009
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

8 % (1,478)

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2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

14 %

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2015

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

65 % (11,869)

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2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2009

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