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Brazil · Prisoners (total count)

Persons actually held in prison: total stock.
727.3K
2025
+8.5 %vs 2024
min 642.5K 2023max 730.5K 2019
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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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