Print version| Country | COLOMBIA | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministerio de Justicia y del Derecho | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Instituto Nacional Penitenciario y Carcelario (INPEC) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | Calle 26 No. 27-48 Piso 6, Bogota, Cundinamacar, Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +57 1 234 7474 fax: +57 1 245 4088 Web: www.inpec.gov.co |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
(General) Gustavo Adolfo Ricaurte Tapia
Director |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
116,370
at 31.3.2013 (national prison administration) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
242
based on an estimated national population of 48.03 million at end of March 2013 (from CELADE figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
30.8%
(31.3.2013) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
7.6%
(31.3.2013) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
0%
(31.1.2013 - minors in custody are the responsibility of a different authority) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
0.8%
(31.3.2013) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
141
(2012) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 75,726
(31.3.2013) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
153.7%
(31.3.2013) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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