Uruguay

Capital city — Montevideo

Country population
3,473,727
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2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.817
(55/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
12.1
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of prisoners
13,021
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20/11/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
372
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11/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
99.3 %
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31/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
27
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2008
Female prisoners
4.9 %
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31/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0 %
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08/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
20.1 %
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1907
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

4.9 % (635)

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31/01/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0 %

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08/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

20.1 % (2,621)

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2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1907

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