Print version| Country | CHILE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Gendarmeria de Chile | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | Calle Rosas No. 1264, Santiago, Chile | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +56 2 685 1401 fax: +56 2 685 1403 or 695 5709 Web: www.gendarmeria.cl |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Luis Antonio Masferrer Farias
Director Nacional |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
47,664
at 31.3.2013 (national prison administration) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
272
based on an estimated national population of 17.52 million at end of March 2013 (from Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
23.9%
(31.3.2013) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
8.0%
(31.3.2013) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
0%
(31.3.2013 - under 18) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
3.4%
(30.9.2012) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
103
(2012) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 37,500
(November 2011) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
138.3%
(30.11.2011) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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