Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons Service on May 16th announced the general promotions of a total of 4,329 junior officers to various ranks. According to the commissioner of prisons, Frank Baine, the promotions were approved at the 30th prisons council meeting held between March 16-17, 2023. The …
Read More »Lawyer Male Mabirizi released after serving 18 months jail term
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has been released from Luzira Upper prison after serving an 18 months jail term handed to him for contempt of court. The Spokesperson of Uganda Prison Services Frank Baine has told Uganda Radio Network that Mabirizi has been released on Saturday morning …
Read More »41 Moroto prison escapees re-arrested
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF and the police Anti-Stock Theft Unit-ASTU, have recaptured 41 of the inmates who had escaped from Moroto prison. At least 224 inmates escaped from Moroto government prison in September 2020, and went with 14 guns belonging to prison warders and …
Read More »20 inmates sit for PLE in Moroto
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 20 inmates in Moroto prisons have sat for the Primary Leaving Examinations-PLE. The inmates sat for the exams at Nakapelimen primary school, 500 meters away from the prisons. Frank Baine, the spokesperson for Uganda Prison Services said that they paid the registration fees of the …
Read More »Prisons reinstate ban on visits to jail centres amid Ebola outbreak
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons Services has banned visits to inmates in five districts following the outbreak of Ebola. A statement by the Uganda Prisons spokesperson, Frank Baine, says the Commissioner General of Uganda Prisons, Dr. Johnson Byabashaija has banned visits to all prison facilities in Mubende, …
Read More »Prisons drops more than 500 recruits over documents mismatch
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons Service (UPS) has dropped more than 500 recruits citing mismatches in their academic documents and National Identity Card. In May this year, UPS embarked on the recruitment of 1,152 warders and wardresses to replace those who retired after clocking the retirement age of …
Read More »Public warned against fraudsters claiming sale of maize on prisons farms
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons Service-UPS has warned the public against fraudster schemes that their farms are selling commercial maize. UPS spokesperson, Commissioner of Prisons Frank Baine, said several people have been calling the headquarters claiming they have paid for commercial maize from their farms. Baine said …
Read More »Uganda Prisons: Six directors to get new ranks
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least six directors of Uganda Prisons Service (UPS) are free to wear the force’s newly introduced rank of Assistant Commissioner General of Prisons. For years, Commissioner of Prisons has been the highest rank, after which one would be promoted to serve as Director. But …
Read More »President Museveni pardons 79 inmates
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 79 inmates including a Venezuelan have been set free from various government prisons after being pardoned by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Uganda Prisons Service-UPS spokesperson Frank Baine, said Museveni forgave the inmates on medical and humanitarian grounds. “In the exercise of the power vest …
Read More »Byabashaija promotes 2,700 prisons officers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Johnson Byabashaija, the Commissioner General of Uganda Prisons Services-UPS has promoted 2,755 junior officers. They include 106 Chief Warder class III promoted to Principal Officer One (P.O. I), 13 Chief Warders Twos promoted to Principal Officer Two (P.O. II), and 198 promoted from Chief …
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