Colombia

Capital city — Bogota

Country population
51,874,024
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2022
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
198
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12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional republic
(Presidential dem…
Human Development Index
0.758
(91/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
25.38
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2022
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Law
Total number of prisoners
101,622
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31/12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
124.3 %
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31/12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
126
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2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
6.5 %
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31/12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
23.7 %
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31/12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1910
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

6.5 % (6,621)

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31/12/2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

23.7 % (24,057)

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31/12/2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1910

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