Tanzania

Capital city — Dodoma

Country population
59,734,213
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2020
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
52
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential)
Human Development Index
0.529
(163/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
6.5
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of prisoners
32,438
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
109 %
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
126
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2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
3.4 %
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11/2011
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
3.9 %
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09/2009
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
55.4 %
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice
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PdM

+

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

3.4 %

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11/2011

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

3.9 %

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09/2009

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

55.4 % (17,974)

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2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no, but abolitionist in practice

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