Ecuador

Capital city — Quito

Country population
18,001,000
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2022
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
167
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12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential d…
Human Development Index
0.765
(83/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
26.99
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2022
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and W…
Total number of prisoners
30,804
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29/12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
111.8 %
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29/12/2023
/ 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
5.5 %
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29/12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2.1 %
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2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
36.2 %
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29/12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1906
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

5.5 % (1,703)

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29/12/2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

2.1 %

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2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

36.2 % (11,152)

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29/12/2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1906

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