Botswana

Capital city — Gaborone

Country population
2,254,126
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2018
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
208
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02/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.728
(94/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
11.4
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2016
/ WHO, World Health Organization
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Defence, Justice and Securi…
Total number of prisoners
4,343
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02/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
101 %
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06/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
23
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2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
4.7 %
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02/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
10.4 %
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12/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
24.5 %
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01/2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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PdM

+

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

4.7 % (204)

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02/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

10.4 %

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12/2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

24.5 %

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01/2015

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no

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