Inmates

Byabashaija wants more prisons constructed to ease congestion

Byabashaija wants more prisons constructed to ease congestion

Officials of the Uganda Prison Services want government to construct a minimum of three prisons every year if they are to address the current problem of congestion countrywide. Currently the main Prison Luzira that was constructed by the colonial government in the 1950’s is meant to accommodate a total of 6000 prisoners only however, the […]

Prisoners write to UN over long detention

  Inmates at Luzira prison have petitioned UN to register their claims which involve the long detention in prison without trial. Some of the prisoners who have petitioned UN include those who were arrested during theBugandakingdom riots in 2009. The inmates in their petition indicated that many prisoners are languishing at Luzira prison and other […]

ISO operatives locked in prisons

Inmates at Luzira prison have told us that the government many times sends its spies in prisons to spy on suspects. They say spies camouflage as fellow suspects and milk highly important intelligence information from the inmates. One of the inmates at Luzira prison who was arrested during the recent demonstrations in Kampala says that […]

ISO operatives locked in prisons

Inmates at Luzira prison have told us that the government many times sends its spies in prisons to spy on suspects. They say spies camouflage as fellow suspects and milk highly important intelligence information from the inmates. One of the inmates at Luzira prison who was arrested during the recent demonstrations inKampalasays that the spies […]