Zambia

Capital city — Lusaka

Country population
17,351,822
i
2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential)
Human Development Index
0.591
(143/188)
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
5.3
i
2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of incarcerated people
22,823
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
123
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
303 %
i
05/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
90
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
3 %
i
2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
2.5 %
i
09/2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
28 %
i
05/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice
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PdM

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Overview

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison administration

Ministry of Home Affairs

Prison population

Total number of incarcerated people

22,823

i

12/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

123

i

12/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

303 %

i

05/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

90

i

2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR