Uganda Prisons Service

Crime

September 16, 2020

Breaking: UPDF, Prisons In Panic-mode As Over 60 Prisoners Escape From Moroto Prison With Guns

Over 60 inmates at Moroto Regional Prison have allegedly escaped from custody with over 36 guns. The inmates are exchanging fire with the security personnel. According to reports coming in, the prisoners

Crime

August 7, 2021

Six More Moroto Prison Escapees Rearrested

Uganda Prisons Services have confirmed that Six more prisoners who escaped from Moroto government prison have been re-arrested by Uganda People’s Defence Forces in the ongoing disarmament exercise in the Karamoja sub-region.

News

September 17, 2020

Seven Recaptured, Three Killed Out Of 217 Prisoners Who Escaped From Moroto Prison

Last evening news broke that prisoners from Moroto Central Prison had escaped and disappeared through Mountain Moroto. The incident happened at 4.30pm. Several reports made rounds about the escape. Frank Baine, the

Prison Officers Undergo Training To Handle Extremist Inmates

Thirty six Uganda prison personnel are undergoing training on how to rehabilitate and reintegrate extremist prisoners. The training that is being held at Admans Hotel in Entebbe is facilitated by the United

October 20, 2021

Security

Man Sentenced To 30 Years For Defilement, Asks Court To Castrate Him

A 30-year-old man from Luweero district will spend 30 years in jail for defiling his 10-year-old sister in law. He was charged with aggravated defilement. Kassim Kisomeso, a resident of Busiika town

October 24, 2020

Crime

Trouble Looms: Prison Confirms First Coronavirus case

The Uganda Prisons Services has recorded its first coronavirus case in Kayiti prison, Namutumba district. Addressing a daily security briefing at Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, Frank Baine, the spokesperson of Prisons

June 12, 2020

Health·News

Covid-19:Court Martial Convicts Seven LDUs Over Brutality In Lockdown

At least seven Local Defence Units- LDU personnel have been sentenced to two months in military prison for brutality. Uganda People’s Defence Forces -UPDF First Infantry Division court-martial on Tuesday heard, convicted

April 15, 2020

Crime·News

Covid-19 Effect: Uganda Prisons Set To Release Over 2000 Inmates

The Uganda Prisons Service has listed 2,000 prisoners across the country who have served part of their sentences to be released if the Attorney General (AG) approves the proposal as one way

April 7, 2020

News·Security

Gen.M7 Promotes Over 140 Prisons Service Officers

President General Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has promoted a total of 148 of Uganda prison service from various ranks. According to communication from the commissioner general of prisons Dr. Johnson Byabashaija, Baine and

March 18, 2020

News·Security