Uganda

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Prison population

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Sentenced + remand

Rate per 100,000

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Per 100,000 residents

Occupancy

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At or under capacity

Pre-trial / remand

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Share not yet sentenced

Female prisoners

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Foreign nationals

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Conditions risk — across 288 facilities

Average of our computed Conditions Risk Score across the country's facilities. Methodology · Browse highest-risk

28/100

national average

246 moderate 11 low 31 unknown

retentionist on capital punishment. Last known execution: 2005.Methods: hangingICCPR-OP2 (death-penalty abolition protocol): not a signatory

Seeded from Amnesty International 2024 categorisation + Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide.

Source: Amnesty International + Cornell Death Penalty Worldwide.

3 documented human-rights cases →

Prison population over time

Annual figures, latest survey year

2003: 17,952+337.5% over 21y2024: 78,539

Source: unodc

Prisons in Uganda

Browse all 288 →

288 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.

Aber Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

Held

Overcrowded (331%)Moderate

Adjumani Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

189

Held

778

Overcrowded (412%)Moderate

African Prison Project (APP)

Uganda

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

Agule Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

Held

Overcrowded (233%)Moderate

Alebtong Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

Held

191

Overcrowded (354%)Moderate

Aloi-Ongom Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

Held

166

Overcrowded (426%)Moderate

Amita Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

142

Held

646

Overcrowded (455%)Moderate

Amolatar Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

Held

134

Overcrowded (186%)Moderate

Amudat Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

Held

Overcrowded (290%)Moderate

Amuria Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

Held

161

Overcrowded (393%)Moderate

Amuru Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

Held

143

Overcrowded (421%)Moderate

Apac Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

115

Held

312

Overcrowded (271%)Moderate

Arocha Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

Held

107

Overcrowded (446%)Moderate

Arua Main Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

300

Held

1,114

Overcrowded (371%)Moderate

Arua Women Prison

Uganda

Type

Women

Capacity

Held

Overcrowded (187%)Moderate

Aswa II Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

131

Held

507

Overcrowded (387%)Moderate

Aswa III Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

Held

276

Overcrowded (288%)Moderate

Awei Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

Held

231

Overcrowded (413%)Moderate

Bamunanika Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

Held

Overcrowded (249%)Moderate

Bidi Bidi Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

Held

Overcrowded (333%)Moderate

Bidibidi Prision

Uganda

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

Bigasa Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

Held

Overcrowded (456%)Moderate

Bisso Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

Held

Overcrowded (322%)Moderate

Bubukwanga Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

Held

144

Overcrowded (576%)Moderate

See all 288 prisons in Uganda →

Data completeness

10%

Score based on how many fields are populated. We surface this so you know where the gaps are.

National population: —
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ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: UGA