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Prison population
—
Sentenced + remand
Rate per 100,000
—
Per 100,000 residents
Occupancy
—
At or under capacity
Pre-trial / remand
—
Share not yet sentenced
Female prisoners
—
Foreign nationals
—
Figures from official sources · methodology
Average of our computed Conditions Risk Score across the country's facilities. Methodology · Browse highest-risk
Seeded from Amnesty International 2024 categorisation + Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide.
Source: unodc
288 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.
Uganda
Type
General
Capacity
13
Held
43
Uganda
Type
General
Capacity
189
Held
778
Uganda
Type
—
Capacity
—
Held
—
Uganda
Type
General
Capacity
6
Held
14
Uganda
Type
General
Capacity
54
Held
191
Uganda
Type
General
Capacity
39
Held
166
Uganda
Type
General
Capacity
142
Held
646
Uganda
Type
General
Capacity
72
Held
134
Uganda
Type
General
Capacity
10
Held
29
Uganda
Type
General
Capacity
41
Held
161
Uganda
Type
General
Capacity
34
Held
143
Uganda
Type
General
Capacity
115
Held
312
Uganda
Type
General
Capacity
24
Held
107
Uganda
Type
General
Capacity
300
Held
1,114
Uganda
Type
Women
Capacity
38
Held
71
Uganda
Type
General
Capacity
96
Held
276
Uganda
Type
General
Capacity
131
Held
507
Uganda
Type
General
Capacity
56
Held
231
Uganda
Type
General
Capacity
39
Held
97
Uganda
Type
—
Capacity
—
Held
—
Uganda
Type
General
Capacity
18
Held
60
Uganda
Type
General
Capacity
9
Held
41
Uganda
Type
General
Capacity
18
Held
58
Uganda
Type
General
Capacity
25
Held
144
Score based on how many fields are populated. We surface this so you know where the gaps are.
Direct citations for the figures on this page.
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World Prisons. (2026). Uganda — prison statistics. Retrieved July 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/countries/uganda
"Uganda — prison statistics." World Prisons. Accessed July 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/countries/uganda.
@misc{worldprisons-uganda,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Uganda — prison statistics},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/countries/uganda},
urldate = {2026-07-20}
}