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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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Special populations

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of female prisoners

3.7 % (1,799)

i

2014

/ FHRI

Minors

Incarcerated minors

3.7 % (1,779)

i

2014

/ Uganda Police Annual Crime Report

Untried prisoners

55 % (26,779)

i

2014

/ ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

No, but abolitionnist in practice

no execution since 2005