Lesotho

Capital city — Maseru

Country population
2,305,825
i
2022
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.521
(168/193)
i
2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and C…
Total number of incarcerated people
2,216
i
2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
104
i
2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
70.6 %
i
30/08/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
14
i
2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
2.9 %
i
2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
2.2 %
i
2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
19.5 %
i
30/08/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
no
i
PdM

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Overview

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison administration

Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and Correctional Service

Prison population

Total number of incarcerated people

2,216

i

2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

104

i

2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

70.6 %

i

30/08/2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

14

i

2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR