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Uganda

Capital city — Kampala

  • Country population

    40,480,000
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    120
    i
    2016
    / ICPR
  • Type of government

    Parliamentary Democracy
  • Human Development Index

    0.493
    i
    2016
    / UNDP
  • Name of authority in charge of the prison…

    Ministry of Internal Affairs
  • Total number of prisoners

    48,689
    i
    2016
    / Uganda Prisons Service
  • Average length of imprisonment (in months)

    2

    months (for petty offences)

    i
    2015
    / UHRC
  • Prison density

    293 %
    i
    2016
    / ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    249
    i
    2016
  • An NPM has been established

    No
  • Number and percentage of female prisoners

    3.7 %
    i
    2014
    / FHRI
  • Incarcerated minors

    3.7 %
    i
    2014
    / Uganda Police Annual Crime Report
  • Untried prisoners

    55 %
    i
    2014
    / ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    No, but abolitionnist in practice

    no execution since…

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