Human rights boss decries congestion in prisons

By Sylvia Katushabe The chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC), Ms Mariam Wangadya, has decried congestion in prisons. Speaking at a press conference in Kampala yesterday, Ms Wangadya said her commission has been visiting different prisons across the country and found that prisoners find it difficult to sleep because of the congested facilities. “When I went to Jinja last week, I learnt that the capacity of the male pris- on is 300 prisoners but as at the time I left on Friday, they had over 2,600 prisoners. I went to the wards where they stay, I asked them how they turn when one side is tired, they told me you have to first get up and then turn,” […]