Uganda Prisons Services has proposed for the construction of 16 new regional mini-max prisons similar to Kitalya Prison, so as to reduce on congestion because, some prisons are accommodating a population that is 5 times the designed capacity.
Elly Muhumuza, Commissioner Planning & Development, Uganda Prisons informed Parliament’s Internal Affairs Committee, that each mini-max prison costs around Shs102.9Bn.
"Some prisons are accommodating five times above the designed capacities. To solve that, we need to adopt the Kitalya model, our plan is to construct at least one prison that accommodates at least 4000 prisoners in each region and we have 16 prison regions," said Muhumuza.
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