Botswana

Capital city — Gaborone

Country population
2,351,625
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2020
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
162
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05/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.735
(100/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
15.2
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2010
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Defence, Justice and Securi…
Total number of prisoners
3,882
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05/2021
/ 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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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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2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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PdM

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Country-profile

Special populations

Female prisoners

4.7 %

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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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2015

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

no

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