Mexico

Capital city — Mexico City

Country population
128,932,753
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2020
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
166
chiffre estimé
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11/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.779
(74/188)
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2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
29.1
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
National Security Commission
(Comision Naciona…
Total number of prisoners
220,866
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07/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
102 %
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07/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
288
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2007
Female prisoners
5.6 %
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07/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
4.3 %
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12/2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
42.8 %
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07/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2005
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

5.6 % (12,394)

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07/2021

/ 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

42.8 % (94,444)

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07/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2005

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