Paraguay

Capital city — Asunción

Country population
7,044,636
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Presidential Republic
Human Development Index
0.728
(103/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
7.1
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Labor
Total number of prisoners
16,804
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06/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
241
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06/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
143 %
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10/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
18
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2012
Female prisoners
5.9 %
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2.8 %
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12/2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
77.3 %
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06/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1992
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PdM

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2021

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

5.9 %

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2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

2.8 %

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12/2015

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

77.3 % (12,983)

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06/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1992

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