Male adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions rose 6.64% to 578,440 persons in Brazil in 2015, according to the United Nations.
Historically, male adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions in Brazil reached an all time high of 578,440 persons in 2015 and an all time low of 378,171 persons in 2006.
Brazil has been ranked 3rd within the group of 66 countries we follow in terms of male adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions, 3 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Male 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 442,225 | 461,444 | 480,524 | 514,563 | 547,383 | |||||
| Chile | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 53,406 | 55,077 | 54,089 | 51,476 | 47,196 | ||||||||
| Colombia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 71,204 | 78,760 | 92,968 | 105,387 | 111,046 | ... | |||||||
| Guyana | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,065 | 2,045 | 1,932 | 1,880 | 1,928 | ... | ||||||
| Paraguay | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,318 | 5,869 | 6,714 | 7,374 | 8,581 | |||||
| Peru | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 57,511 | 63,360 | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,680 | 2,804 | 3,951 | 3,413 | 3,337 | |||||||
| Venezuela | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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