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Venezuela

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Verified 20 May 2026 · Data dated 1 Mar 2022
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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

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national average
44 unknown
abolitionist on capital punishment since 1863. Last known execution: 1843.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.

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+373.4% over 22y2022: 67,200

Source: World Prison Brief / unodc

What we know — and don't

Transparency about the boundaries of this data. Click sources where linked.

What we don't know

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

Prisons in Venezuela

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44 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.

Alayón prison

Venezuela

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Anexo Femenino de Cumana

Venezuela · Cumaná

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Aragua Penitentiary Center

Venezuela

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Boleíta DGCIM

Venezuela

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Cárcel Modelo de Caracas

Venezuela

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Carcel Alayon

Venezuela · maracay

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Carcel de El Dorado

Venezuela

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Carcel de El Rodeo

Venezuela

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Carcel de La Pica

Venezuela

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Carcel de Tocoron

Venezuela

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Carcel de Trujillo

Venezuela

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Carcel Fenix

Venezuela

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Centro de Detencion de Macuto

Venezuela · La Guaira

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Centro de Formacion del Hombre Nuevo "El Libertador"

Venezuela

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Centro Penitenciario de la Región Andina

Venezuela

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Centro Penitenciario Los Llanos

Venezuela · Guanare

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Circuito Judicial

Venezuela

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Comunidad Penitenciaria de Coro

Venezuela

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Correccional juvenil INAM

Venezuela

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El Rodeo prison

Venezuela

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Fuerte Guaicaipuro

Venezuela

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Guasina

Venezuela

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INAM

Venezuela

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INAM

Venezuela · Caracas

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See all 44 prisons in Venezuela →

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
2 cited

Sources

Direct citations for the figures on this page.

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
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