Peru · Áncash
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Establecimiento Penitenciario de Chimbote is a penal establishment operated by the Instituto Nacional Penitenciario (INPE) located in the Áncash region of Peru. Official capacity: 400 inmates. Recorded population (2016 INEI Census): 2,048 inmates (512% of capacity).
Capacity
400
Current population
2,048
Occupancy
512%
Year opened
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 3 Jul 2026 · methodology
Operator
—
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
—
Region
Áncash
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
to | Nombre | | 1 | Amazonas | Utcubamba | Bagua Grande | Santiago apóstol | | 2 | Ancash | Santa | Chimbote | La esperanza | | 3 | Huaraz | Huaraz | Mi nuevo hogar | | | 4 | Apurímac | Andahuaylas | Andahuaylas | La casa que te acoge | | 5 | Abancay | Abancay | Amancaes | | | 6 | Arequipa | Castilla | Aplao | Virgen de las peñas | | 7 | Caylloma | Majes | Hacia una nueva vida | | | 8 | Arequipa | Jacobo Hunter | Luz de la esperanza | | | 9 | Ayacucho | Huamanga | Andrés Avelino CáceresDorregaray | Ayacucho | | 10 | Cajamarca | Cajamarca | Cajamarca | Hogar protegido de lared de salud Cajamarca | | 11 | Cusco | Cusco | Wánchaq | Patrón Santiago de la red de Salud CuscoNorte | | 12 | Cusco | San Jerónimo | Patrón San Sebastián | | | 13 | Junín | Jauja | Jauja | Jauja | | 14 | Chanchamayo | Chanchamayo | Luz de Chanchamayo | | | 15 | Huancavelica | Huancavelica | Ascensión | Huancavelica | | 16 | Huánuco | Huánuco | Amarilis | Señor de Burgos | | 17 | Ica | Ica | Ica | Lazos de esperanza |
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No major issues documented in our database.
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What the score is responding to:
This facility scores 31. The national average across 136 scored Peru facilities is 29 — 2 points above national average.
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
Higher risk than 10% of peer facilities in Peru.
to | Nombre | | 1 | Amazonas | Utcubamba | Bagua Grande | Santiago apóstol | | 2 | Ancash | Santa | Chimbote | La esperanza | | 3 | Huaraz | Huaraz | Mi nuevo hogar | | | 4 | Apurímac | Andahuaylas | Andahuaylas | La casa que te acoge | | 5 | Abancay | Abancay | Amancaes | | | 6 | Arequipa | Castilla | Aplao | Virgen de las peñas | | 7 | Caylloma | Majes | Hacia una nueva vida | | | 8 | Arequipa | Jacobo Hunter | Luz de la esperanza | | | 9 | Ayacucho | Huamanga | Andrés Avelino CáceresDorregaray | Ayacucho | | 10 | Cajamarca | Cajamarca | Cajamarca | Hogar protegido de lared de salud Cajamarca | | 11 | Cusco | Cusco | Wánchaq | Patrón Santiago de la red de Salud CuscoNorte | | 12 | Cusco | San Jerónimo | Patrón San Sebastián | | | 13 | Junín | Jauja | Jauja | Jauja | | 14 | Chanchamayo | Chanchamayo | Luz de Chanchamayo | | | 15 | Huancavelica | Huancavelica | Ascensión | Huancavelica | | 16 | Huánuco | Huánuco | Amarilis | Señor de Burgos | | 17 | Ica | Ica | Ica | Lazos de esperanza |
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World Prisons. (2026). Establecimiento Penitenciario de Chimbote. Retrieved July 22, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/establecimiento-penitenciario-de-chimbote
"Establecimiento Penitenciario de Chimbote." World Prisons. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/establecimiento-penitenciario-de-chimbote.
@misc{worldprisons-establecimiento-penitenciar,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Establecimiento Penitenciario de Chimbote},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/establecimiento-penitenciario-de-chimbote},
urldate = {2026-07-22}
}