Summary of Uganda Prisons Service Statistics
The administration of the Uganda Prisons Service obtains monthly reports from all prison stations around the country and makes reports of the statistics. We have provided information of the summaries for the recent months in this website. You can both view the information on line as well as download a Portable Document Format (PDF) of the summaries per month.
Provided are reports of the following months:
Inmate Statistics between April, 2007 to June, 2008.
| MONTH/YEAR |
CONVICTS |
REMANDS |
TOTAL |
| April, 2007 |
8091 |
11086 |
19177 |
| May, 2007 |
8394 |
11136 |
19530 |
| June, 2007 |
8032 |
11141 |
19173 |
| July, 2007 |
8176 |
11113 |
19289 |
| Aug, 2007 |
8035 |
11249 |
19284 |
| Sept, 2007 |
7749 |
11180 |
18929 |
| Oct, 2007 |
7967 |
11367 |
19334 |
| Nov, 2007 |
7966 |
11628 |
19594 |
| Dec, 2007 |
8073 |
11935 |
20008 |
| Jan, 2008 |
8006 |
11911 |
19917 |
| Feb, 2008 |
7901 |
11727 |
19628 |
| Mar, 2008 |
7941 |
11741 |
19682 |
| April, 2008 |
8127 |
11794 |
19921 |
| May, 2008 |
11025 |
14933 |
25958 |
| June, 2008 |
10330 |
15134 |
25464 |
Prisoners Population by Category and Sex during
Financial Year 2006/07 & 2007/08
|
Year
|
2006/07
|
|
2007/08
|
|
|
|
M
|
F
|
M
|
F
|
|
Sentenced
|
7057
|
285
|
7954
|
305
|
|
Unsentenced
|
9761
|
442
|
10616
|
414
|
Comments
Increase in inmate population remains a challenge and this is partly attributed to question of remand detainees contributing 60% of the inmate population.
This challenge requires the joint mitigation efforts of the Criminal Justice System. Parole and Community Service Scheme should be used to reduce the numbers currently incarcerated in prison.
Observations
The trend shows that in FY 2007/08, the population of both male and female increased as shown above. The sentenced/convicted male prisoners increased by 12% and the female sentenced prisoners increased by 7% in FY 2007/08. The unsentenced/remand male prisoners increased by 9% and female unsentenced/remand prisoners decreased by 6%.
Category of Inmates in Custody as at 30th June, 2008.
|
Crime category
|
Number
|
% of Total
|
|
Aggravated
|
7481
|
37.3
|
|
Sexual
|
5086
|
25.4
|
|
Economic
|
264
|
1.3
|
|
Narotics
|
631
|
3.1
|
|
Others
|
6570
|
32.8
|
|
Total
|
20032
|
100
|
NB: The figure above represents only inmates in Uganda central Prisons excluding inmates of Former LAPs.
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