Colombia

Capital city — Bogota

Country population
49,700,000
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
244
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional republic
(Presidential dem…
Human Development Index
0.761
(79/188)
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Law
Total number of prisoners
122,085
i
02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
151 %
i
02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

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Overview

Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

244

i

02/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total number of prisoners

122,085

i

02/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

151 %

i

02/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice and Law