Tag: prisons

Zaake Calls on Parliament to Investigate Human Rights Abuses in Ugandan Prisons, Including Pre-Conviction Hair Shaving 

Mityana Municipality lawmaker, Francis Zaake, has urged Parliament to launch an investigation…

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Hadijjah Namyalo Uzeiye; CIA Not Fair To Prisons Boss Byabashaija

About a month after Gen. Dwight Eisenhower became the President of the…

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MPs moot strategies to curb HIV/AIDS spread in prisons

Lawmakers have proposed the establishment of separate cells for inmates who are…

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DENIS JJUUKO: Low-cost prisons, high end morgues and the connection to PLE results

The Uganda Prisons Service is looking for Shs19 billion to build low-cost…

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Prison warder shoots dead two colleagues, arrested as he tries to commit suicide 

A prison warder attached to Bugungu Y.O Government Prison in Buikwe district…

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DPP Office opens plea bargain camp in Masaka to decongest prisons

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecution has opened up a…

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Rukungiri: Police officers arrested after 10 suspects escape from cells

The Territorial police of Rukungiri have two of their own police officers…

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154 Joint Security Officers Acquire Ideological Skills From Oliver Reginald Tambo School of Leadership

The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) Deputy Chief of Defence Forces (D/CDF)…

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MPs divided over continued use of video conferencing in courts

Members of Parliament on the Committee on Human Rights have expressed varying…

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Museveni urges Prisons and Police Services to emulate UPDF 

The President and Commander in Chief of the Uganda People's Defence Forces…

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Age cannot stop my service, says Prisons boss Byabashaija whose reappointment was rejected by parliament

The Parliament Appointments Committee chaired by the Speaker Rebecca Kadaga on Monday…

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Coronavirus: Over 2,000 prisoners to be pardoned in Uganda

The Commissioner-General of Uganda Prisons Dr Johnson Byabashaija has said that government…

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