Peru

Capital city — Lima

Country population
35,510,453
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.777
(79/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
7.9
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
96,440
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04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
290
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04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
240 %
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04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
69
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2015
Female prisoners
5.5 %
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04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0 %
number of inmates…
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04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
38 %
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04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1979
for common law cr…
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

5.5 % (5,258)

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04/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0 %

number of inmates between 18-20 is 1.1%

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04/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

38 % (36,635)

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04/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1979

for common law crimes

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