Brazil

Capital city — Brasilia

Country population
209,500,000
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
366
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06/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.761
(79/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
30.5
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
773,151
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06/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
167.7 %
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06/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
2,608
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08/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2013
Female prisoners
4.9 %
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06/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0 %
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06/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
32.8 %
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06/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1979
for common law cr…
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

4.9 % (37,770)

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06/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0 %

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06/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

32.8 % (253,963)

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06/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1979

for common law crimes

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