El Salvador

Capital city — San Salvador

Country population
6,420,744
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2018
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
590
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.667
(124/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
61.8
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
(Juveniles: Minis…
Total number of prisoners
38,114
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
215 %
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06/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
25
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2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
7.6 %
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0 %
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
26.6 %
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1983
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

7.6 % (2,897)

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12/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0 % (0)

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12/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

26.6 % (10,154)

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12/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1983

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