Brazil

Capital city — Brasilia

Country population
215,313,498
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2022
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
392
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12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.76
(89/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
21.26
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2021
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
850,377
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12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
131.7 %
i
12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
1,387
i
12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2013
Female prisoners
5.5 %
i
12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0 %
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12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
24.6 %
i
12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1979
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Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

392

i

12/2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total number of prisoners

850,377

i

12/2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

131.7 %

i

12/2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

1,387

i

12/2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR