Ibrahim Ssemujju, the Kira Municipality Member of Parliament, has expressed his anger with the Attorney General Kiwanuka Kiryowa over holding prisoners in Luzira without...
In today's parliamentary session, Jonathan Odur, the Member of Parliament for Erute South, raised concerns about the legal advice given by Attorney General Kiwanuka Kiryo...
Friday late afternoon, Commissioner General of Prison Dr. Johnson Byabashaija rang Attorney General Kiwanuka Kiryowa seeking to be guided on when to release Kizza Besigye...
Ugandans have been left heartbroken after former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) leader Dr. Kizza Besigye expressed fears for his life while in Luzira Maximum Prison.Sp...
Dr. Kizza Besigye’s ongoing hunger strike has reignited debates over food access policies in Uganda’s prisons, particularly Luzira Maximum Security Prison, where he i...
Two former inmates, Sanya Muhydin and Joseph Muganza, have made serious claims against the National Unity Platform (NUP) and its leader, Robert Kyagulanyi, known as Bobi...
(Kampala) â Ugandaâs prisons are operating at 363.6% of their intended capacity, with 76,244 inmates occupying facilities built to hold only 20,996, according t...
Mpox cases have hit 24 in Nakasongola, up from 18 reported on October 3, prompting the district authorities to ban prison visits. The district accounts for nearly half of...
Previously, the prisons had more inmates on remand than the convicts serving their various sentences. But the trajectory has in the recent past since changed with now the...
Human rights activists have called for the implementation of non-custodial sentences to address Uganda’s prison congestion. The Commissioner of Prisons, Mr Apollo Baker...
