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Uganda Prisons creates isolation centres for new suspects on remand

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prison Services has created several isolation units where all persons remanded by the courts will be kept as a mitigation plan to prevent the likely transmission of COVID-19 in correctional facilities. Frank Baine, the Uganda Prison’s Service Spokesperson notes that although the Judiciary …

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Uganda prisons suspends visits to inmates amid virus tensions

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Prisons has halted routine visits to inmates in its facilities as part of the preventive measures against coronavirus. Margret Orik, the Northern Region Prisons Commander disclosed this to URN in an interview on Thursday. She explained that the top Uganda Prison Services leadership has …

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Prisons seek 8,000 acres of farm land in Karenga district

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons services is seeking to secure at least 8,000 acres of farmland for commercial cotton growing in the newly created Karenga district. This is part of Presidential directive on large scale cotton-growing throughout the country. Karenga, bordering South Sudan from the North-Eastern part …

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