The Latin America and Caribbean nation with the highest prison population rate in 2024 was El Salvador, with 1.086 prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants, the only country to achieve four digits, followed by Cuba with 794 prisoners. Guatemala and Haiti Jamaica had the lowest prison population rates, 123 and 63 per 100,000 inhabitants, respectively.
Prison population rates in Latin America and the Caribbean as of 2024, by country
(in number of prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants)
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ICPR (World Prison Brief). (September 9, 2024). Prison population rates in Latin America and the Caribbean as of 2024, by country (in number of prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/809197/prison-population-rates-latin-america-caribbean-country/
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Prison population rates in Latin America and the Caribbean as of 2024, by country (in number of prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants) [Graph], ICPR (World Prison Brief), September 9, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/809197/prison-population-rates-latin-america-caribbean-country/
