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Puerto Rico
Capital city —
San Juan
Country population
3,195,153
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12/2018
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Population Data
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
313
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07/2017
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ICPR
Type of government
Representative democracy
Human Development Index
0.845
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2017
/
Population Data
Total number of prisoners
10,475
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2017
/
ICPR
Prison density
73.6 %
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07/2017
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ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
34
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07/2017
An NPM has been established
No
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APT
Female prisoners
3.6 %
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2017
/
ICPR
Incarcerated minors
3.7 %
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2013
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ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
13 %
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07/2017
/
ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes, in 1929
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Year
2019
2019
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An NPM has been established
No
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APT
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