| National Penitentiary Institute Instituto Nacional Penitenciario | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:INPE.PNG) Badge of the National Penitentiary Institute of Peru | |
| Abbreviation | INPE |
| Motto | Mantenimiento del Orden Publico Maintenance of Public Order |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1924[1] |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Peru |
| Population | 104,643 inmates (2018) |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Lima, Peru |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | Ministry of Justice (Peru) |
| Website | |
| inpe.gob.pe | |
The National Penitentiary Institute of Peru (Spanish: Instituto Nacional Penitenciario, INPE) is the government agency charged with incarcerating convicts and suspects charged with crimes. It is part of the Peruvian government's Ministry of Justice.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
INPE-historiawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "¿Será el último?: Gobierno designó a nuevo jefe en el INPE tras escándalo". El Comercio. 2010-01-08.