Brazil · RJ · RUA CAMERINO, 41 - CENTRO
Instituto Penal Cândido Mendes
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Capacity
245
Current population
353
Occupancy
144%
Year opened
1903
Closed 1994
Figures from official sources · verified 30 Sept 2025 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1903
Region
RJ
Security level
closed
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
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 12/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Operating at 144% of design capacity
This facility scores 12. The national average across 3,539 scored Brazil facilities is 11 — 1 points above national average.
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Compared to other facilities in Brazil
3538 peersData completeness
62%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- CNJ CNIEP / Geopresídios – Inspeções Prisionais
- SISDEPEN â Sistema de Informações do DEPEN/SENAPPEN — Brazilian Ministry of Justice (SENAPPEN)
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- CNJ CNIEP / Geopresídios – Estatísticas de Inspeções Prisionais — Conselho Nacional de Justiça (CNJ)
- Wikidata (Q51881870)
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2025). Instituto Penal Cândido Mendes. Retrieved October 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/instituto-penal-candido-mendes
"Instituto Penal Cândido Mendes." World Prisons. Accessed October 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/instituto-penal-candido-mendes.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Instituto Penal Cândido Mendes},
year = {2025},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/instituto-penal-candido-mendes},
urldate = {2026-10-21}
}