Peru · Lima
Establecimiento Penitenciario de Lurigancho
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Establecimiento Penitenciario de Lurigancho is a penal establishment operated by the Instituto Nacional Penitenciario (INPE) located in the Lima region of Peru. Official capacity: 3,204 inmates. Recorded population (2016 INEI Census): 10,091 inmates (315% of capacity).
Capacity
3,204
Current population
10,091
Occupancy
315%
Year opened
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Operational
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 315% of capacity
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.