Mexico

Capital city — Mexico City

Country population
126,190,788
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2018
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
158
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04/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.767
(76/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
24.8
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
National Security Comission
Comision Nacional…
Total number of prisoners
203,364
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05/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
94.4 %
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05/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
342
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05/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2007
Female prisoners
5.2 %
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05/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
4.3 %
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12/2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
39.2 %
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05/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2005
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

5.2 % (10,575)

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05/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

4.3 %

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12/2013

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

39.2 % (79,660)

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05/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2005

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