National Penitentiary and Prison Institute (Colombia)

National Penitentiary and Prison Institute
Instituto Nacional Penitenciario y Carcelario
Agency overview
Formed 30 December 1992 (1992-12-30)
Preceding agencies General Directorate of Prisons
Rotary Fund of the Ministry of Justice
Headquarters Calle 26 № 27-48
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Agency executive Luis Felipe Henao Cardona, General Director
Parent agency Ministry of the Interior and Justice
Key document Decree 2160 of 1992[1]
Website
www.inpec.gov.co

The National Penitentiary and Prison Institute, INPEC, is the Colombian central government agency responsible for the incarceration and rehabilitation of convicted criminal offenders, and administration of the penitentiary institutions in the country[2]

References

  1. ^ Ministry of the Interior and Justice (1992-12-31). "Decreto 2160 de 1992 [Decree 2160 of 1992]" (in Spanish) (PDF). Diario Official (Bogotá: National Printing Office of Colombia) (40.703). ISSN 0122-2112. http://www.presidencia.gov.co/prensa_new/decretoslinea/1992/diciembre/30/dec2160301992.pdf. 
  2. ^ National Penitentiary and Prison Institute. "Evolución Carcelaria en Colombia y Nacimiento del Instituto Nacional Penitenciario y Carcelario [Prison Evolution in Colombia and Birth of the National Penitentiary and Prison Institute]" (in Spanish). http://www.inpec.gov.co/portal/page/portal/Inpec/SeccionInpeccomoinstitucion/ReseniaHistorica. Retrieved 2010-11-20.