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Uganda
Capital city —
Kampala
Country population
40,480,000
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
120
i
2016
/
ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary Democracy
Human Development Index
0.493
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Total number of prisoners
48,689
i
2016
/ Uganda Prisons Service
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
2
months (for petty…
i
2015
/ UHRC
Prison density
293 %
i
2016
/
ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
249
i
2016
An NPM has been established
No
Female prisoners
3.7 %
i
2014
/ FHRI
Incarcerated minors
3.7 %
i
2014
/ Uganda Police Annual Crime Report
Percentage of untried prisoners
55 %
i
2014
/
ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
No, but abolitionnist in practice
no execution sinc…
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Panorama
Seen in the press
Year
2017
2021
2020
2017
Contributor(s)
Fondation for Human Rights Initiative | Prison Insider
Introduction
Overview
Prison population
Organisation
Prison facilities
Safeguards
National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies
Special populations
Women
Minors
Untried prisoners
Death penalty prisoners
Physical integrity
Death penalty
Ill-treatment and violence
Arbitrary or secret detention
Specific population
Prison population
Women
Juveniles
Foreigners
LGBTI persons
Prisoners of conscience
The penitentiary system
Premises
Staff
Daily life
Food
Hygiene
Health
Activities
Work
Schooling and professional training
Media
External participants
Financial resources and destitution
Means of communication for the inmates
Contact with the outside world
Family visits
Sentence adjustment policies
Access to legal rights
National preventive mechanism (NPM)
Recommendations
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Special populations
Women
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
Percentage of untried prisoners
55 %
(26,779)
i
2014
/
ICPR
Death penalty prisoners
Death penalty is abolished
No, but abolitionnist in practice
no execution since 2005
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