Ecuador

Capital city — Quito

Country population
17,084,357
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2018
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
224
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential d…
Human Development Index
0.758
(85/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
5.8
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and W…
Total number of prisoners
39,251
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
133 %
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
52
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2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2011
Female prisoners
6.7 %
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2.1 %
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2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
37 %
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1906
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PdM

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Safeguards

National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies

An NPM has been established

yes, since 2011