| Country | VENEZUELA | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministerio del Poder Popular para Relaciones Interiores y Justicia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Direccion Nacional de los Servicios Penitenciarios | ||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +58 21 250 61213 or 61247 fax: +58 21 864 8475 web: www.dnsp.gob.ve |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
(Dra.) Consuelo Cerrada Mendez
Directora Nacional |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
50,000
at 31.7.2011 (national prison administration) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
169
based on an estimated national population of 29.54 million at end of July 2011 (from CELADE figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
66.0%
(27.12.2010) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
6.4%
(7.6.2010) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
*
(Juveniles in custody are held not by the prison administration but by INAN, an institute under the responsibility of the Ministry of Health) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
3.7%
(27.12.2010) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
34
(2012) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 18,515
(31.7.2011) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
270.1%
(31.7.2011) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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World Prison Brief supplied by the International Centre for Prison Studies, maintained by Roy Walmsley
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