National Penitentiary Institute Instituto Nacional Penitenciario | |
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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.
INPE-historia
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).