Peru · Lima
Establecimiento Penitenciario Ancón I
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Establecimiento Penitenciario Ancón I is a penal establishment operated by the Instituto Nacional Penitenciario (INPE) located in the Lima region of Peru. Official capacity: 892 inmates. Recorded population (2016 INEI Census): 3,115 inmates (349% of capacity).
Capacity
892
Current population
3,115
Occupancy
349%
Year opened
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 16 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
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Region
Lima
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 30/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Extreme overcrowding at 349% of capacity
This facility scores 30. The national average across 136 scored Peru facilities is 29 — 1 points above national average.
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
- Establecimiento Penitenciario de PiuraPrison658% occupancy
- Establecimiento Penitenciario de ChinchaPrison410% occupancy
- Establecimiento Penitenciario de BaguaPrison345% occupancy
- Establecimiento Penitenciario IcaPrison334% occupancy
- Establecimiento Penitenciario Piedras Gordas IPrison278% occupancy
- Establecimiento Penitenciario Miguel Castro CastroPrison207% occupancy
Compared to other facilities in Peru
135 peersHigher risk than 10% of peer facilities in Peru.
Data completeness
38%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- INPE establecimientos
- INEI Censo Penitenciario 2016
- INPE — Establecimientos Penitenciarios del Perú — Instituto Nacional Penitenciario (INPE)
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). Establecimiento Penitenciario Ancón I. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/establecimiento-penitenciario-ancon-i
"Establecimiento Penitenciario Ancón I." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/establecimiento-penitenciario-ancon-i.
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