Uganda

Capital city — Kampala

Country population
47,249,585
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2022
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.55
(159/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
8.77
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2022
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Total number of incarcerated people
76,223
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03/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
151
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03/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
363 %
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03/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
254
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
4.8 %
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03/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0 %
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31/12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
45.8 %
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03/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

4.8 % (3,633)

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03/2024

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0 %

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31/12/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

45.8 % (34,887)

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03/2024

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no

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