Chile

Capital city — Santiago

Country population
18,729,160
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2018
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
232
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.847
(42/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
4.3
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
42,921
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
100 %
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03/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
113
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2019
Female prisoners
8.5 %
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.2 %
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03/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
33.5 %
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2001
(for common law c…
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

8.5 % (3,648)

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12/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.2 %

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03/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

33.5 % (14,390)

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12/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2001

(for common law crimes)

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