Prisons in Bolivia

There are 54 prisons in Bolivia which incarcerated 16,613 people as of March 2017.[1] Approximately 70% of prisoners have yet to receive their sentences, and are either awaiting trial, or presently on trial.[1]

The prisons are managed by the Penitentiary Regime Directorate (Spanish: Dirección de Régimen Penintenciario). There are 17 prisons in departmental capital cities (including their metropolitan regions) and 36 provincial prisons. The Defensor del Pueblo consider pre-trial detainees as people deprived of their right to liberty.[2] The prison population is growing rapidly; it was previously around 8,700 people as of 2010. Overcrowding is at a serious level, with the total prison population at three times the capacity of the prisons.[2] An investigative survey by the Defensor del Pueblo of 20 rural prisons found that they lack the basic infrastructure necessary to function humanely.[2]

Urban prisons include San Pedro Prison and Chonchocoro Prison in La Paz, and San Sebastian Prison in Cochabamba and Palmasola Prison in Santa Cruz.

Prison City Department Date founded[3]
San Pedro Prison La Paz La Paz 1895
Chonchocoro Prison La Paz La Paz 1992
Miraflores Women's Prison La Paz La Paz 1997
Obrajes Women's Prison La Paz La Paz 1957
Qalauma Juvenile Center Viacha La Paz 2011
San Sebastian Prison Cochabamba Cochabamba 1935
San Antonio Prison Cochabamba Cochabamba 1988
El Abra Cochabamba Cochabamba 1999
San Pablo Prison (Quillacollo) Quillacollo Cochabamba
San Pedro Prison (Sacaba) Sacaba Cochabamba
Palmasola Prison Santa Cruz de la Sierra Santa Cruz 1989
Villa Busch prison Cobija Pando 2002
Mocoví Prison Trinidad Beni 1994
Morros Blancos Prison Tarija Tarija 1990
San Roque Sucre Chuquisaca 1900
Cantumarca Potosí Potosí 2001
San Pedro Prison (Oruro) Oruro Oruro 1940

References
  1. "Justicia informa que presos en cárceles suman 16.613, la cantidad más elevada hasta la fecha". Agencia de Noticias Fides. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  2. "Cerca del 75% de los internos de las cárceles no tiene sentiencia". La Razón. La Paz. 20 September 2010. pp. A4-6.
  3. "16 cárceles de 19 que hay en el país soportan el hacinamiento". Página Siete. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  • Hacinómetro (Overcrowding-meter), interactive map of Bolivia's prison population


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