Print version| Country | URUGUAY | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of the Interior | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | Cerro Largo 823, Montevideo 1025, Uruguay | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +598 2 900 6581 or 900 7607 or 902 9557 or 902 9561 fax: +598 2 902 9549 or 900 7901 Web: inr@minterior.gub.uy |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Luis Mendoza Novo
Director |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
9,450
at 30.4.2012 (Ministry of the Interior) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
279
based on an estimated national population of 3.39 million at end of April 2012 (from CELADE figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
64.6%
(30.4.2012) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
6.6%
(30.4.2012) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
2.7%
(31.3.2006) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
29
(2012) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 7,879
(30.4.2012) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
119.9%
(30.4.2012) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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