Uganda

Capital city — Kampala

Country population
44,269,594
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.544
(159/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
10.5
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Total number of prisoners
55,229
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
124
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
319 %
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
254
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
4.5 %
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0 %
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12/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
49.8 %
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

4.5 % (2,502)

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2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0 % (0)

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12/2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

49.8 %

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2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no

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