Tanzania

Capital city — Dodoma

Country population
56,318,348
i
2018
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
59
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential)
Human Development Index
0.528
(159/188)
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
6.2
i
2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of prisoners
35,803
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
116 %
i
10/2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
126
i
2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
3.4 %
i
11/2011
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
3.9 %
i
09/2009
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
51 %
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice
i
PdM

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Introduction

Country population

56,318,348

i

2018

Type of government

Constitutional Republic (Presidential)

Human Development Index

0.528

(159/188)

i

2018

/ UNDP, Human Development Report

Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

6.2

i

2017

/ UNDP, Human Development Report