UGANDA PRISONS SERVICES

March 23, 2022

ERA Signs MoU With Uganda Prisons Service To Enable Prisons On Cooking

The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Uganda Prisons Service (UPS) to formalise a partnership between the two institutions (ERA and UPS) aimed at promoting

Security

January 17, 2022

President Museveni Pardons 79 Prisoners On Medical And Humanitarian Grounds

President Yoweri Museveni has pardoned a total of 79 convicts who have been serving sentences at different Prisons across the country. This is contained in a letter dated January 3, 2022 the

News

July 28, 2022

MPs Call For Better Pay To Inmates Who Offer Labour

Members of Parliament on the Committee on Human Rights are concerned about the way inmates are paid after they have offered manual labour outside the prisons. The legislators raised the concerns while

Byabasaija Orders Prison Warders To Stop Using Phones While On Duty

In the wake of increasing attacks on security personnel, the Commissioner General of Uganda Prisons, Dr. Johnson Byabasaija, has ordered warders and wardresses not to use their mobile phones while on duty.

November 22, 2022

National News·Security

Court Orders Prisons Service To Physically Present MP Ssegirinya For Trial

The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has ordered the Uganda Prisons Services to produce Kawempe North Member of Parliament Muhammad Ssegirinya in court for his trial. The order was issued by Chief

July 13, 2022

Crime·Politics

Mabirizi Fails To Proceed In Court Over Hunger

Jailed lawyer Male Mabirizi has today failed to continue with the offensive communication case against him before Buganda Road Magistrates Court citing hunger and persecution in prison. This case was instituted against

April 12, 2022

Crime

Only 18 Percent Prison Inmates Vaccinated Against Covid-19

The Uganda Prisons Services has said that it has so far vaccinated only 18 percent of its 66,832 inmates across the country. Frank Baine, the Uganda Prisons Spokesperson said that only 2%

October 27, 2021

Health