Print version| Country | ARGENTINA | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice and Human Rights | ||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Servicio Penitenciario Federal and provincial prison administrations | ||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | (Federal) Lavalle 2705, Ciudad de Buenos Aires 1190, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +54 11 4962 0204 fax: +54 11 4962 5001 |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
(Federal) Victor Hortel
Director Nacional |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
60,789
at 31.12.2011 (Ministry of Justice SNEEP - not including those held in police comisarias) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
147
based on an estimated national population of 41.33 million at end of 2011 (from CELADE figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
50.4%
(December 2011 - not including prisoners in police comisarias) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
4.8%
(December 2011 - not including prisoners in police comisarias) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
0.03%
(December 2011 - under 18; not including prisoners in police comisarias) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
5.6%
(December 2011 - not including prisoners in police comisarias) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
228
(2008 - another two prisons were unoccupied; not including police comisarias) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 60,122
(December 2011 - not including capacity figures for a small number of institutions and not including police comisarias) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
100%
(December 2011 - not including institutions for which capacity figures are unavailable) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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