Chile

After a period of consistent decrease, Chile’s prison population has been growing for 25 continuous months, according to data from the Chilean Gendarmerie (Gendarmería de Chile), the country’s prison authority. “We now have 54,000 prisoners. It’s a sudden, significant increase …

Despite its proximity to cocaine-producing Andean countries, Chile has not suffered the negative effects of organized crime to the same extent as other nations in the region. In fact, it is one of the safest nations in Latin America. Since …