Panama

Capital city — Panama

Country population
4,246,439
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential)
Human Development Index
0.815
(57/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
9.4
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Government
Total number of prisoners
18,174
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02/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
420
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02/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
125 %
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02/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
23
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2018
Female prisoners
5.2 %
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02/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
Data not disclosed
Percentage of untried prisoners
39.2 %
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02/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1916
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

5.2 % (940)

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02/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

Data not disclosed

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

39.2 % (7,131)

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02/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1916

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