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Country MEXICO
Ministry responsible Secretaría de Seguridad Pública
Prison administration Organo Administrativo Desconcentrado Prevencion y Readaptacion Social
Telephone/fax/website fax: +52 428100
Web: www.ssp.gob.mx
Head of prison administration
(and title)
José Patricio Patiño Arias
Subsecretario del Sistema Penitenciario Federal
Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
242,754
at 31.1.2013 (national prison administration)
Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population)
209
based on an estimated national population of 116.4 million at end of January 2013 (from 2010 Census figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
41.3%
(31.1.2013)
Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
4.8%
(31.1.2013)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
14.0%
(July 2010 - juveniles)
Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
0.9%
(2008)
Number of establishments /
institutions
420
(2013)
Official capacity of prison system 195,278
(31.1.2013)
Occupancy level (based on official
capacity)
124.3%
(31.1.2013)
Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
1992 85,712 (98)
1995 93,574 (101)
1998 128,902 (133)
2001 165,687 (164)
2004 193,889 (186)
2007 212,841 (197)
2010 219,027 (197)

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