Female adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions fell 24.0% to 43,762 persons in Brazil in 2015, according to the United Nations.
Historically, female adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions in Brazil reached an all time high of 57,599 persons in 2014 and an all time low of 23,065 persons in 2006.
Brazil has been ranked 3rd within the group of 61 countries we follow in terms of female adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions, 3 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Female Adults Held in Prisons, Penal or Correctional Institutions | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Bolivia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Brazil | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 31,401 | 34,807 | 34,058 | 35,223 | 35,100 | |||||
| Chile | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,638 | 5,071 | 5,172 | 4,896 | 4,148 | ||||||||
| Colombia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,788 | 5,684 | 7,483 | 8,497 | 8,986 | ... | |||||||
| Guyana | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 84.0 | 115 | 87.0 | 106 | 70.0 | ... | ||||||
| Paraguay | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 313 | 328 | 447 | 542 | 652 | |||||
| Peru | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3,879 | 4,237 | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 184 | 123 | 123 | 118 | 110 | |||||||
| Venezuela | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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