Lesotho

Capital city — Maseru

Country population
2,108,132
i
2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.518
(164/188)
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
41.2
i
2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and C…
Total number of prisoners
2,073
i
08/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
92
i
08/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
71 %
i
08/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
14
i
2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
3.6 %
i
08/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2.4 %
i
08/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
19.5 %
i
08/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
i
PdM

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Introduction

Country population

2,108,132

i

2018

Type of government

Constitutional Monarchy

Human Development Index

0.518

(164/188)

i

2018

/ UNDP, Human Development Report

Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

41.2

i

2017

/ UNDP, Human Development Report