Puerto Rico

Capital city — San Juan

Country population
3,195,153
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12/2018
/ Population Data
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
313
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07/2017
/ 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
/ 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
/ ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
13 %
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07/2017
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes, in 1929

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

3.6 % (374)

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2017

/ ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

3.7 %

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2013

/ ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

13 %

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07/2017

/ ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

Yes, in 1929