Print version| Country | BRAZIL | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Departamento Penitenciario Nacional (DEPEN) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | Esplanada dos Ministérios, Ministério da Justiça, Bloco T. Anexo II, 6° andar, Brasilia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +55 21 61 3429 3187 fax: +55 21 61 3429 9347 Web: www.mj.gov.br/depen |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Augusto Rossini
Director General (Diretor Geral) |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
548,003
at December 2012 (national prison administration - 513,713 in prison system, 34,290 in police facilities) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
274
based on an estimated national population of 199.8 million at December 2012 (from CELADE figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
38.0%
(of those in prison system, December 2012) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
6.4%
(December 2012) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
0%
(December 2012 - under 18) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
0.7%
(of those in prison system, December 2012) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
1,478
(December 2012) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 318,739
December 2012 - 310,687 in prison system, 8,052 in police facilities) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
171.9%
(December 2012) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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