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Venezuela

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Verified 20 May 2026 · Data dated 1 Mar 2022
Fresh · 9d ago

Penal system in long-running structural crisis. Inmate self-governance ('pranatos') widely documented.

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Prison population

67,200

Year: 2022

Rate per 100,000

199

Per 100,000 residents

Occupancy

145.9%

Above design capacity

Pre-trial / remand

55%

Share not yet sentenced

Female prisoners

8.9%

Foreign nationals

2%

Conditions risk — across 44 facilities

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

national average

How Venezuela compares

vs Americas (9) & global averages
Rate per 100,000this: 199 · region: 523 · global: 214
Occupancy ratethis: 146% · region: 127% · global: 125%
Pre-trial sharethis: 55% · region: 32% · global: 32%

The vertical ticks mark the global (grey) and regional (amber) means. Bars are clipped at the high end for readability.

Prison population over time

Annual figures, latest survey year
2000: 14,196+164.5% over 20y2020: 37,543

What we know — and don't

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What we don't know

  • Official statistics not consistently published since 2014. Figures are estimates.

Prisons in Venezuela

Browse all 44

44 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.

Data completeness

100%

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

National population
33,840,0002022
Source-verified
20 May 2026
Source links
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