Tag Archives: Inmates

Mbale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The office of the Director of Public Prosecution has withdrawn charges against 220 remand inmates citing lack of sufficient evidence to pin them.  The Director of Public Prosecutions, Justice Jane Francis Abodo disclosed this while speaking at the official opening of the plea-bargain session at Maluku …

Moroto, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The search for escapee inmates in Moroto is yielding fewer results after the inmates reportedly mixed up with the community. According to Frank Baine, the Prisons spokesperson, 219 inmates overpowered the security at the facility and broke into the armoury before escaping at 4:30 pm …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons has said they were not surprised that inmates who escaped from Singila government prison in Moroto district ran away with guns. On Wednesday, 219 inmates overpowered two prison guards who had gone to serve them supper and escaped from custody. However, …

Moroto , Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Three inmates have been killed in a fire exchange with security personnel following a prison break at Singila Prison in Moroto District. On Wednesday more than 200 inmates escaped after overpowering prison staff. They accessed the armoury and stole 15 riffles. The prison break …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Twenty former inmates from Kitalya prisons in Wakiso district have sued government for compensation. The former inmates were picked up from a house in Kyengera Town Council in Wakiso district towards the end of March this year for flouting Covid-19 preventive guidelines.    The applicants …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eleven inmates have staged a successful breakout from Bukwo prisons and fled to Kenya. The inmates had been remanded to Bukwo prisons for various offenses. Uganda Prison Services Spokesperson Frank Baine told journalists at Uganda Media Center this morning that the inmates broke the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons Service is seeking guidance on how inmates will participate in elections while incarcerated away from their places of origin or even areas where they are registered as voters. This comes a day after high court Judge Lydia Mugambe ordered the government …

Cairo, Egypt | AFP |  As governments in the Middle East isolate their populations to prevent the spread of coronavirus, attention is turning to the region’s jails, where detainees face a more punishing form of lockdown. “Because of the pandemic, confinement is an additional punishment for the prisoners,” said Kaddour Chouicha, …

Kiryandongo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Prison warders have shot dead an inmate of Kigumba government prison in Kiryandongo district. Paul Ssenyonjo had been on remand on charges of stealing cattle.  Four other inmates who tried to escape with the deceased were arrested. They are Jonan Agasa, Rogers Nowa, Godfrey Bakowa …

Los Angeles, United States | AFP |  The prison system in the largest US state of California plans to release about 3,500 non-violent inmates early to help mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 illness, officials said Tuesday. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) said the first group of inmates …