{"id":501493,"date":"2026-03-04T20:01:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/almost-half-of-the-inmates-in-paraguay-are-held-in-five-prisons\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T20:01:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:01:51","slug":"almost-half-of-the-inmates-in-paraguay-are-held-in-five-prisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/almost-half-of-the-inmates-in-paraguay-are-held-in-five-prisons\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost half of the inmates in Paraguay are held in five prisons"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Asunci\u00f3n<\/strong>.- 49% of Paraguay&#8217;s prison population, which totals 19,874 people, is held in 5 of the country&#8217;s 19 penitentiary centers, revealed this Wednesday the state-owned National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture (MNP).\n\nIn a report, prepared with data from the Ministry of Justice, as of January 30, the NPM warned that 92.25% of inmates in the country live in a situation of &#8220;<strong>critical overcrowding<\/strong>&#8220;.\n\nThe Villarrica regional penitentiary (south) reached the highest overcrowding rate in the country in January, 1,315.1%, housing 697 inmates, despite having a capacity for 53 inmates, according to standards.\n\nOn the other hand, the penitentiary with the largest population is Tacumb\u00fa, located in the country&#8217;s capital, Asunci\u00f3n, which houses 2,128 people, representing an occupancy rate of 443.3%, despite the fact that its capacity, according to human rights standards, is 480 people.\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>You can also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/internacionales\/congreso-de-paraguay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paraguay&#8217;s Congress advances in the reform of the law<\/a><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\nThe population of the capital establishment represents 10.7% of the national total, the document indicates.\n\nFollowing this is the prison in the city of Coronel Oviedo (center), with 2,101 inmates (10.6% of the global population); the Regional Penitentiary of Concepci\u00f3n (north), with 1,890 inmates (9.5%); the Padre Juan A. de la Vega center, located in the city of Emboscada (center), with 1,819 people (9.2%), and the Regional Prison of Misiones (south), with 1,809 (9.1%).\n\nOn the other hand, the report indicates that 61.7% of the prison population (12,269) is being processed without a final conviction, while 38.3% (7,605) has already received a sentence.\n\n<strong>Men represent 94.3% of the prison population, with 18,743 people.<\/strong>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asunci\u00f3n.- 49% of Paraguay&#8217;s prison population, which totals 19,874 people, is held in 5 of the country&#8217;s 19 penitentiary centers, revealed this Wednesday the state-owned National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture (MNP). 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