Overview

• Researchers from Causa en Común, Perteneces and Impunidad Cero published state-by-state indices (Intrapol, Intrapen, Intrapo) graded from -100 to 0 using information obtained through public-records requests for 2024.
• Penitentiary systems were the most opaque, with many refusing to disclose custodial staffing, and the report notes that 22 states lack a specialized prison law and 13 have no internationally certified facilities.
• State police commonly lack professional career systems, do not conduct training-needs diagnostics, and show a 4% decline in force size that the NGOs link to reliance on the armed forces for public-security roles.
• Prosecutorial autonomy remains limited, with selection and removal mechanisms allowing executive influence, and in five states prosecutors are still appointed directly by the governor.
• Sinaloa scored -59 on the police development index and Culiacán -60, with both showing contradictory staffing figures and other gaps in promotion rules, planning and professionalization.