How many prisons are there in Chile?

World Prisons indexes 150 individual facilities in Chile. Each entry links to a detail page with contact information, capacity, oversight reports, and known conditions.

Does Chile have the death penalty?

Chile's death-penalty status is: abolitionist-ordinary-only. Seeded from Amnesty International 2024 categorisation + Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide.

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Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date. Always verify with primary sources before acting on any figure. See data sources.

Prison population

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Sentenced + remand

Rate per 100,000

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Per 100,000 residents

Occupancy

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At or under capacity

Pre-trial / remand

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Share not yet sentenced

Female prisoners

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Foreign nationals

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Figures from official sources · methodology

Conditions risk — across 150 facilities

Average of our computed Conditions Risk Score across the country's facilities. Methodology · Browse highest-risk

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national average

150 unknown

abolitionist ordinary only on capital punishment since 2001. Last known execution: 1985.ICCPR-OP2 (death-penalty abolition protocol): signatory

Seeded from Amnesty International 2024 categorisation + Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide.

Source: Amnesty International + Cornell Death Penalty Worldwide.

1 documented human-rights cases →

Prison population over time

Annual figures, latest survey year

2003: 38,086+55.4% over 21y2024: 59,185

Source: unodc / gendarmeria-cl

Prisons in Chile

Browse all 150 →

150 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.

Anexo CDP Chaiten

Chile · Futaleufú

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Capacity

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Anexo CRS Antofagasta

Chile · Antofagasta

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Balneario Popular Rocas de Santo Domingo

Chile

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Capacity

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Held

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Bernardo O'Higgins Military School

Chile

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Capacity

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Held

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Buque Lebu

Chile

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Capacity

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Held

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Campamento de prisioneros Tejas Verdes

Chile

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Capacity

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Held

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Carcel de Chillan

Chile · Chillán

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Capacity

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Held

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Cárcel de Isla Teja

Chile

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Capacity

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Carcel de Mujeres Buen Pastor de Chillan

Chile · Chillán

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Capacity

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Carcel de Puente Alto

Chile · Puente Alto

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Capacity

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Held

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Carcel Juvenil Rio de los Ciervos

Chile

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Capacity

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Held

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Cárcel Pública de Santiago

Chile · Santiago

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Capacity

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Held

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Casa Memoria José Domingo Cañas

Chile

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Capacity

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Held

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CCP Biobio

Chile · Concepción

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Capacity

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Held

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CCP Buin

Chile · Buin

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Capacity

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Held

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CCP Bulnes

Chile · Bulnes

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Capacity

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CCP Cauquenes

Chile · Cauquenes

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Capacity

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CCP Chanaral

Chile · Chañaral

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Capacity

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CCP Chillan

Chile · Chillán

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Capacity

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CCP Colina II

Chile · Colina

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Capacity

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Held

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CCP Concesionado Antofagasta

Chile · Antofagasta

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Capacity

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Held

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CCP Copiapo

Chile

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Capacity

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Held

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CCP Coronel

Chile · Coronel

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Capacity

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Held

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CCP Coyhaique

Chile · coyhaique

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Data completeness

10%

Score based on how many fields are populated. We surface this so you know where the gaps are.

National population: —
Source-verified: —
Source links: 0 cited

Sources

Direct citations for the figures on this page.

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See /data-sources for our methodology.

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: CHL

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APA

World Prisons. (2026). Chile — prison statistics. Retrieved July 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/countries/chile

Chicago

"Chile — prison statistics." World Prisons. Accessed July 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/countries/chile.

BibTeX

@misc{worldprisons-chile,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Chile — prison statistics},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/countries/chile},
  urldate = {2026-07-20}
}