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Brazil · Prison occupancy

Primary KPI: one of the key indicators tracked first for this country.Prison occupancy rate (inmates relative to places); above 100% facilities are overcrowded.
142.2%
2025
+6.6 ptsvs 2024
min 132.8 2023max 166.3 2017
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Source: Secretaria Nacional de Políticas Penais (SENAPPEN), SENAPPEN · SISDEPEN· Data 2025
State prisons, physical cells, at 30 June and 31 December (federal prisons and house arrest excluded, like the SENAPPEN report)Y-axis truncated
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