El Salvador

Capital city — San Salvador

Country population
6,486,201
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2020
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
564
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03/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.673
(124/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
52
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
(Juveniles: Minis…
Total number of prisoners
36,663
i
22/03/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
136 %
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08/2020
/ 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
7.4 %
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03/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
23.1 %
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03/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1983
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Overview

Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

564

i

03/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total number of prisoners

36,663

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22/03/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

136 %

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08/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice and Public Security

(Juveniles: Ministry of Education)

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

25

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2015

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR