Lesotho

Capital city — Maseru

Country population
2,125,268
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.527
(165/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
43.6
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and C…
Total number of prisoners
2,073
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08/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
92
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08/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
71 %
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08/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
14
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
3.6 %
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08/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2.4 %
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08/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
19.5 %
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08/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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PdM

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Country-profile

Special populations

Female prisoners

3.6 % (74)

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08/2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

2.4 % (50)

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08/2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried prisoners

19.5 % (404)

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08/2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

no

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