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Table 1: General proportion of people in pretrial detention
Number /
percentage of
pretrial detainees
11,410 (84%)
2,244 (16%)
October 2012
549,577
(508,357 in the
custody of the
Penitentiary
System and 41,220
held by states
judicial police
forces (Public
Security
Secretariats))
191,024 (37.6%)
(Of the 508,357 held
by the Penitentiary
System)
317,333 (62.4%)
(Of the 508,357 held
by the Penitentiary
System)
June 2012
Chile
53,171
10,823 (20.4%)
42,348 (79.6%)
July 31, 2012
Colombia
113,884
34,571 (30.35%)
79,313 (69.65%)
Costa Rica
13,017
3,248 (25%)
9,769 (75%)
December 31,
2012
October 2012
El Salvador
26,883
6,459 (24%)
20,424 (76%)
Ecuador
19,177
(At penal facilities
managed by the
Ministry of Justice
and Human
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Rights )
9,768 (51%)
(4,732 with
enforceable judgments
(25%), and 5,036 in
appeals or
modification)
Guatemala
14,635
9,409 (49%)
(8,630 awaiting
trial,
377 misdemeanor
offenders,
402 with
constraining
measures)
7,357 (50.3%)
7,278 (49.7%)
October 2012
Honduras
12,407
6,064 (48.9%)
6,343 (51.1%)
April 2013
Nicaragua
9,168
1,127 (12.3%)
8,041 (87.7%)
December 31,
2012
Number of people
deprived of liberty
State
Bolivia
Brazil
65
13,654
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Number / percentage
of convicts
Date of
information
October 8,
2013
August 1, 2012
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The Bolivian State presented a departmental breakdown of this information, with the following
numbers for “pretrial detention” and “convicted”: Santa Cruz (pretrial detainees 4,418 / convicted 658: total
5,076), Beni (557/197:754), Oruro (369/125:494), Potosí (420/91:511), Pando (166/79:245), Sucre
(238/109:347), La Paz (2,784/359:3,143), Cochabamba (1921/354:2,275), and Tarija (205/310:515).
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The Brazilian State also reported that, according to the Department of Monitoring and Oversight
of the National Justice Council (CNJ), as of January 1, 2013, the country had a total of 502,067 prison inmates,
of whom 193,073 (38%) were in pretrial detention.
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The Ecuadorian State also indicated that there was a total of 1,310 pretrial detainees housed at
temporary detention centers under the administration of the National Police.
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