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Prison population

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Sentenced + remand

Rate per 100,000

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Per 100,000 residents

Occupancy

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At or under capacity

Pre-trial / remand

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Share not yet sentenced

Female prisoners

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Foreign nationals

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Figures from official sources · methodology

Conditions risk — across 5 facilities

Average of our computed Conditions Risk Score across the country's facilities. Methodology · Browse highest-risk

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national average
5 unknown
abolitionist on capital punishment since 1979. Last known execution: 1930.ICCPR-OP2 (death-penalty abolition protocol): signatory

Seeded from Amnesty International 2024 categorisation + Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide.

Source: Amnesty International + Cornell Death Penalty Worldwide.
1 documented human-rights cases →

Prison population over time

Annual figures, latest survey year
2000: 6,539+219.9% over 18y2018: 20,918

Source: unodc

Prisons in Nicaragua

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5 facilities in our database.

Centro Penitenciario de Nicaragua en Leon

Nicaragua

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Capacity

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Held

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Complejo Penitenciario Jorge Navarro

Nicaragua

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Capacity

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Held

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El Chipote

Nicaragua

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Capacity

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Held

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Establecimiento Penitenciario Integral de Mujeres

Nicaragua

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Sistema Penitenciario La Chacara

Nicaragua

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Capacity

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Held

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Data completeness

10%

Score based on how many fields are populated. We surface this so you know where the gaps are.

National population
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Nicaragua — prison statistics. Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/countries/nicaragua
Chicago
"Nicaragua — prison statistics." World Prisons. Accessed October 17, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/countries/nicaragua.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-nicaragua,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Nicaragua — prison statistics},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/countries/nicaragua},
  urldate = {2026-10-17}
}