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Prisons in Brazil · World Prisons

Brazil

Prisons in Brazil

3,539 facilities in our database — page 69 of 118.

Instituto De Reeducação Penal Des. Sílvio Porto

Brazil · RUA CEL. BEVENUTO GONÇALVES DA COSTA S/N-MANGABEIRA VIII

closed

Type

penitentiary

Capacity

960

Held

2,735

Overcrowded (285%)Moderate

Instituto Militar De Engenharia

Brazil · PRAÇA GEN. TIBÚRCIO, 80 - URCA

Type

jail

Capacity

—

Held

—

Instituto Padre Severino

Brazil

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

Instituto Penal Antônio Trindade

Brazil · BR 174, KM 08, RAMAL DA ANÍSIO JOBIM

Type

jail

Capacity

674

Held

674

Overcrowded (100%)

Instituto Penal Benjamin De Moraes Filho

Brazil · ESTRADA GENERAL EMÍLIO MAURELL FILHO, 900 - GERICINÓ

closed

Type

penitentiary

Capacity

912

Held

1,210

Overcrowded (133%)Low

Instituto Penal Cândido Mendes

Brazil · RUA CAMERINO, 41 - CENTRO

closed

Type

penitentiary

Capacity

245

Held

353

Overcrowded (144%)

Instituto Penal De Bagé

Brazil · RUA 181, 485

closed

Type

penitentiary

Capacity

108

Held

139

Overcrowded (129%)Low

Instituto Penal De Campo Grande

Brazil · RUA INDIANÁPOLIS, S/Nº - JARDIM NOROESTE

closed

Type

penitentiary

Capacity

442

Held

1,534

Overcrowded (347%)Moderate

Instituto Penal De Canoas

Brazil · RUA DUQUE DE CAXIAS, Nº 47

Type

—

Capacity

Held

Overcrowded (100%)Low

Instituto Penal De Charqueadas

Brazil · GETÚLIO VARGAS, N° 2640 - CHARQUEADAS - RS 401 - KM 16

Type

—

Capacity

210

Held

199

Under capacity (95%)Low

Instituto Penal De Gravataí Santos E Medeiros

Brazil · RUA JOSÉ LOREIRO DA SILVA, Nº 2627 - CENTRO

Type

—

Capacity

Held

Overcrowded (100%)Low

Instituto Penal De Ijuí

Brazil · RUA MARECHAL MALLET, Nº 797 - BAIRRO NOSSA SENHORA DA PENHA

closed

Type

penitentiary

Capacity

Held

152

Overcrowded (292%)

Instituto Penal De Montenegro

Brazil · RUA DOUTOR BRUNO DE ANDRADE 1000

Type

—

Capacity

Held

Overcrowded (267%)Moderate

Instituto Penal De Novo Hamburgo

Brazil · RUA ADOLFO JAEGER, Nº 817, BAIRRO OURO BRANCO

Type

—

Capacity

239

Held

300

Overcrowded (126%)Low

Instituto Penal De Passo Fundo

Brazil · RUA ANA NERI, Nº 498, SÃO LUIZ GONZAGA

Type

—

Capacity

140

Held

120

Under capacity (86%)Low

Instituto Penal de SÃ£o Leopoldo

Brazil · SÃ£o Leopoldo

Type

Estabelecimento destinado ao cumprimento de pena em regime semiaberto

Capacity

166

Held

—

Instituto Penal De Santa Maria

Brazil · RUA IZIDRO GRACE S/Nº - BAIRRO MEDIANEIRA

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

Instituto Penal De Santo Ângelo

Brazil · TRAVESSA PERU S/N° - BAIRRO AGUIAR

Type

—

Capacity

111

Held

276

Overcrowded (249%)Moderate

Instituto Penal De São Leopoldo

Brazil · RUA THEODOMIRO P. DA FONSECA, 642

Type

—

Capacity

190

Held

183

Under capacity (96%)Low

Instituto Penal De Uruguaiana

Brazil · RUA DR. BEREGARAY FILHO, Nº 2977

Type

—

Capacity

112

Held

Under capacity (70%)Low

Instituto Penal Edgard Costa

Brazil · RUA SÃO JOÃO, 372 - CENTRO

closed

Type

penitentiary

Capacity

383

Held

506

Overcrowded (132%)

Instituto Penal Feminino De Porto Alegre

Brazil · AV. SALVADOR FRANÇA, 150

closed

Type

penitentiary

Capacity

Held

Under capacity (80%)Low

Instituto Penal Feminino Desembargadora Aurí Moura Costa

Brazil · BR 116, KM 27

closed

Type

penitentiary

Capacity

1,038

Held

888

Under capacity (86%)Low

Instituto Penal Irmão Miguel Dario

Brazil · RUA 1, BECO DOS MARIANO S/N - AGRONOMIA

Type

Estabelecimento destinado ao cumprimento de pena em regime semiaberto

Capacity

142

Held

142

Overcrowded (100%)

Instituto Penal Ismael Pereira Sirieiro

Brazil · ALAMEDA SÃO BOAVENTURA, 773 - FONSECA

closed

Type

penitentiary

Capacity

400

Held

605

Overcrowded (151%)Moderate

Instituto Penal Oscar Stevenson

Brazil · RUA CELIO NASCIMENTO, S/Nº - BENFICA

closed

Type

penitentiary

Capacity

300

Held

217

Under capacity (72%)Low

Instituto Penal Plácido Sá Carvalho

Brazil · ESTRADA GENERAL EMÍLIO MAURELL FILHO, 900 - GERICINÓ

closed

Type

penitentiary

Capacity

1,702

Held

935

Under capacity (55%)Low

Instituto Penal Vicente Piragibe

Brazil · ESTRADA GENERAL EMÍLIO MAURELL FILHO, 1300 - GERICINÓ

closed

Type

penitentiary

Capacity

1,546

Held

3,014

Overcrowded (195%)Moderate

Instituto Presídio Professor Olavo Oliveira Ii

Brazil · BR 116, KM 17

closed

Type

penitentiary

Capacity

1,344

Held

1,925

Overcrowded (143%)Low

Instituto Psiquiatrico Forense

Brazil · Porto Alegre

Type

Estabelecimento destinado ao cumprimento de medida de seguranÃ§a de internaÃ§Ã£o ou tratamento ambulatorial

Capacity

441

Held

—

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