Peru · Apurímac

Establecimiento Penitenciario de Abancay

PrisonOvercrowded (422%)ModerateMedium

Verified 3 Jul 2026

Aging · 4mo ago

Sources last reviewed on 3 Jul 2026

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Establecimiento Penitenciario de Abancay is a penal establishment operated by the Instituto Nacional Penitenciario (INPE) located in the Apurímac region of Peru. Official capacity: 90 inmates. Recorded population (2016 INEI Census): 380 inmates (422% of capacity).

Capacity

Current population

380

Occupancy

422%

Year opened

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Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 3 Jul 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Operator

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

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Region

Apurímac

Security level

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Death-row facility

Conditions

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

31/100

Moderate concern31/100

Overcrowding: 30/30
Oversight reports: 1/30
Structural flags: 0/15
Death signals: 0/15
Conditions text: 0/10

What the score is responding to:

· Extreme overcrowding at 422% of capacity
· 1 oversight report in the last 5 years

This facility scores 31. The national average across 136 scored Peru facilities is 29 — 2 points above national average.

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Compared to other facilities in Peru

135 peers

Conditions risk scorethis: 30/100 · peers avg: 29/100 (+3%)

Higher risk than 10% of peer facilities in Peru.

Occupancythis: 422% · peers avg: 354% (+19%)

Capacity (beds)this: 90 · peers avg: 417 (78%)

Reports

NPM-defensoria-pe1 Jan 2025
Jul-20 | Apurímac | Pumamarca - Asacasi | Comunal | | Ene-25 | Apurímac | Hospital Guillermo Dias - Abancay | Asuntos de gobierno nacional | | Dic-24 | Arequipa | Rechazo a minería ilegal en anexo Naquipa – Cahuacho | Asuntos de gobierno regional | | May-25 | Arequipa | Mineros informales / empresa Intigol Mining Atico | Asuntos de gobierno nacional | | Set-23 | Ayacucho | Huanta – pequeña mineria | Socioambiental | | Set-17 | Ayacucho | Chiquintirca - TGP | Socioambiental | | Jun-25 | Ayacucho | Unión Mantaro-Pampa Aurora | Comunal | | Ago-23 | Ayacucho | CC Anchihuay - CC Chiquintirca | Comunal | | Ago-24 | Ayacucho | Via Los Libertadores | Asuntos de gobierno nacional | | Jul-25 | Ayacucho | Pobladores y SEDA - Huanta | Asuntos de gobierno local | | May-16 | Cajamarca | Hualgayoc - Pasivos ambientales | Socioambiental | | Mar-24 | Cusco | Vellille - Las Bambas | Socioambiental | | Ene-22 | Cusco | CC Camaná - TGP | Socioambiental | | Jul-21 | Cusco | 14 CC Chumbivilcas - Minera Las Bambas | Socioambiental | | Dic-19 | Cusco | 10 CC Palpata - Antapaccay | Socioambiental | | Mar-19 | Cusco | Chumbivilcas - Minera Las Bambas (II) | Socioambiental | | Set-17 | Cusco | Empresa Consettur | Otros asuntos | | May-23 | Cusco | CC Viacha - CC Coya Qosqo | Comunal | | Oct-24 | Cusco | Cafetaleros FENCAAP - Agricultura | Asuntos de gobierno regional | | Jun-24 | Cusco | Campo Ferial de Huancaro | Asuntos de Gobierno regional | | Mar-24 | Cusco | Aeropuerto Chinchero | Asuntos de [...]
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Data completeness

48%

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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APA

World Prisons. (2026). Establecimiento Penitenciario de Abancay. Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/establecimiento-penitenciario-de-abancay

Chicago

"Establecimiento Penitenciario de Abancay." World Prisons. Accessed October 23, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/establecimiento-penitenciario-de-abancay.

BibTeX

@misc{worldprisons-establecimiento-penitenciar,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Establecimiento Penitenciario de Abancay},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/establecimiento-penitenciario-de-abancay},
  urldate = {2026-10-23}
}