Nothing but the truth
Nothing but the truth
Five officers have been promoted to the rank of Senior Commissioner of Prisons (SCP). They are Aliyo Naatukunda, Geraldine Prossy Najjuma, Stephen Lugonda, James Emotu, and Moses Ssentalo. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has approved the promotion of 11 senior officers in the Uganda Prisons Service (UPS), a move aimed at strengthening the institution’s leadership and […]
Uganda’s prisons are operating far beyond capacity, with every cell holding an average of four inmates, according to officials from Uganda Prisons Services. The overcrowding crisis, described as “the biggest challenge” by Deputy Commissioner General Samuel Akena, sees the nation’s 23,104 available spaces crammed with 80,110 inmates. This translates to an occupancy rate of […]
“The Commissioner General of the Uganda Prisons Service has put a bounty of sh10m as a reward to anyone who provides reliable information leading to the arrest of the murderer, Warder Anguyo Moses,” Baine said. Shock as Missing Father’s Body is Found in Pit, Wife, Children Arrested The Uganda Prisons Service has announced a sh10m […]
The Uganda Prisons Service (UPS) has deemed false and baseless the allegations taking rounds on social media that Dr. Kizza Besigye is having health concerns as a result of the prisons authorities setting bed bugs in his room to make him have sleepless nights. Frank Baine, the spokesperson of the UPS says that the false […]
The Justice Law and Order Sector needs sh102.9 billion to construct new prisons. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Robert Kasande says that congestion in prisons is a big issue that lies at the centre of the country’s criminal justice system, adding that whereas the national population growth rate is three […]
