The lawmaker said the Prisons Service receives prisoners from the court, not the Attorney-General, and in this case, the court martial's detention order expired on February 3, when Besigye was ...

Jinja Main Prison and Nakasongola Main Prison, designed for 393 and 274 inmates, respectively, are overcrowded with 2,134 and 1,455 inmates. Uganda: Inside Prisons Overwhelmed and Underfunded ...

Ugandan lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to pass a bill that enacts a 10-year prison sentence for certain same-sex relations and creates new crimes for attempted sexual behavior.

The prison’s department has expressed concern over the high rate of tuberculosis among prisoners. In an interview with the New Vision, the commissioner for Prison Health Services, Dr James ...

Uganda has passed one of the world's most severe anti-gay laws. Under the new law, anyone convicted of engaging in same-sex relations could face life in prison.

A case of mpox has been found in Nakasongola jail in central Uganda, a prison spokesperson said on Tuesday, adding that the patient had been isolated and was receiving treatment.

The Uganda Prisons Service is staring into a significant budget reduction in the fiscal year 2025/26, with funding slashed by Shs8.52 billion--from Shs347.56 billion in FY 2024/25 to Shs339.04 ...

The Commissioner General of the Uganda Prisons Service, Mr Johnson Byabashaija, has expressed worry over the increasing number of female inmates across the country. Mr Byabashaija indicated that ...

KAMPALA, Uganda—Ugandan lawmakers introduced new legislation that proposes prison terms of up to 10 years for anyone identifying as gay, lesbian, transgender or nonbinary, reviving an earlier ...

Uganda’s veteran opposition politician, retired colonel Dr Kizza Besigye, stands in the steel dock at the General Court Martial at Makindye, Kampala on November 20, 2024.