Costa Rica

Capital city — San José

Country population
5,047,561
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2019
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
374
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Presidential Republic
Human Development Index
0.81
(62/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
11.3
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Peace
Total number of prisoners
19,226
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
129 %
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
32
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2009
Female prisoners
5.4 %
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.3 %
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
14.7 %
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1877
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

5.4 % (1,034)

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2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

1.3 %

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2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

14.7 % (2,822)

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2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1877

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