National Penitentiary and Prison Institute (Colombia)

National Penitentiary and Prison Institute

Instituto Nacional Penitenciario y Carcelario
Agency overview
Formed	30 December 1992[1]
Preceding agencies	General Directorate of Prisons Revolving Fund of the Ministry of Justice
Headquarters	Calle 26 № 27-48 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Annual budget	COP$1,202,174,529,951 (2012)[2] COP$891,264,671,119 (2013)[3] COP$938,995,115,725 (2014)[4]
Agency executive	Brig Gen Saúl Torres Mojica, Director
Parent agency	Ministry of Justice and Law
Website	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^[5]

References

1. Colombia, President of (31 December 1992). "Decreto 2160 de 1992" (PDF). Diario Official (in Spanish) (Bogotá) (40,703). ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
2. Colombia, Congress of (14 December 2011). "Ley 1485 de 2011" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (Bogotá) (48,283): 6. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
3. Colombia, Congress of (10 December 2012). "Ley 1593 de 2012" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (Bogotá) (48,640): 5. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
4. Colombia, Congress of (11 December 2013). "Ley 1687 de 2014" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (Bogotá) (49,001): 8. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
5. 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). Retrieved 2010-11-20.