Peru · Áncash

Establecimiento Penitenciario de Chimbote

PrisonOvercrowded (512%)ModerateMedium

Verified 3 Jul 2026

Aging · 4mo ago

Sources last reviewed on 3 Jul 2026

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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

Facility profile

Operator

—

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

—

Region

Áncash

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 512% 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: 512% · peers avg: 352% (+45%)

Capacity (beds)this: 400 · peers avg: 413 (3%)

Reports

NPM-defensoria-pe1 Jan 2022
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 |
source

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 Chimbote. Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/establecimiento-penitenciario-de-chimbote

Chicago

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

BibTeX

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