Venezuela

Capital city — Caracas

Country population
32,160,000
i
2018
/ UNDP
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
178
i
2017
/ ICPR
Type of government
Presidential federal Republic
Human Development Index
0.761
(78/188)
i
2017
/ PNUD
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Interior, Justice and Peace
Total number of prisoners
57,096
i
2017
/ ICPR
Prison density
125 %
i
2018
/ Observatoire vénézuélien des prisons
Total number of prison facilities
58
i
2016
/ ICPR
An NPM has been established
No
Female prisoners
5.3 %
i
2017
/ ICPR
Incarcerated minors
4.1 %
i
Defensoría del Pueblo (Ombudsman) / ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
63.4 %
i
2015
/ Venezuelan Prisons Observatory / ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1863

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

5.3 %

i

2017

/ ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

4.1 %

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Defensoría del Pueblo (Ombudsman) / ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

63.4 % (31,503)

i

2015

/ Venezuelan Prisons Observatory / ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

Yes

since 1863