UPS | Uganda Prisons Service
WEBSep 20, 2024 — Prisons academy Vision A centre of excellence in providing human rights based correctional services in Africa. Mission To contribute to the protection and development of the society by providing safe, secure, and humane custody of offenders while placing human rights at the centre of their correctional programmes
Why convicts now outnumber remandees in Uganda prisons
WEB6 hours ago — Statistics obtained from the Prisons show that there are 41,065 convicts, while those on remand awaiting the court’s decision are 36,284. The debtors are 523, bringing the total of the inmates ...
Uganda Prisons Service - Wikipedia
WEBUganda Prisons Service is responsible for the safe custody of prisoners in Uganda, as well as their welfare, reformation and rehabilitation, also they have the duty to protect, promote and fulfill the rights of those incarcerated.
Luzira Maximum Security Prison - Wikipedia
WEBLuzira Maximum Security Prison is a maximum security prison for both men and women in Uganda. Until Kitalya Maximum Security Prison opened in 2020, Luzira was the only maximum security prison in the country and housed Uganda's death-row inmates.
Hard Life in Ugandan Prisons - Human Rights Watch
WEBJul 14, 2011 — Each year, 50,000 prisoners pass through Uganda's prisons, and ignoring their health means that they will leave sick and in need of care in the communities to which they return.
Functions and Mandate of UPS | UPS - Prisons
WEBThe Prison Act represents a milestone in penal reform in Uganda. It offers a modernized legal framework for incarceration, entrenches, human rights in penal policy, caters for the prisoners’ rights, consolidates and strengthens the management of UPS. It is the mandate of UPS to enforce the new Act.
“I Only Need Justice”: Unlawful Detention and Abuse in …
WEBMar 22, 2022 — The court should release detainees on bail or if there are legal grounds and it is justified in the circumstances could remand a prisoner to the custody of the Uganda Prisons Service.
UGANDA PRISONS STATISTICAL REPORTS. | UPS
WEBUganda Prisons Service Statistical Report, March 2024. 28. Uganda Prisons Service Statistical Report, February 2024. 27. Uganda Prisons Service Statistical Report, January 2024. 26. Uganda Prisons Service Statistical Report, December 2023. 25.. Uganda Prisons Service Stastical Report, November, 2023.
Uganda Prison Service finalizes the development of a Prisoner ...
WEBDec 9, 2020 — The Prisoner Assessment and Classification Framework on Preventing and Countering Violent extremism (PCVE) in Prisons in Uganda was developed to strengthen security and safety mechanisms and capacities of prisons in the management of VEPS.
How Uganda built best prison service in Africa - The Independent Uganda
WEBApr 15, 2019 — The Uganda Prisons Service has reformed over the years and has won praise for the best correctional system for prisoners in Africa. Canon Dr. Johnson Byabashaija, the Commissioner General of Prisons spoke to The Independent’s Ronald Musoke about running a human-rights based correctional service.