Human rights activists have called for the implementation of non-custodial sentences to address Uganda’s prison congestion.
The Commissioner of Prisons, Mr Apollo Baker Asinga, noted that between 2014 and 2015, the total prison population was about 42,619, but this number has since increased to more than 56,600 inmates.
“We have a very big problem of congestion, which cannot be addressed by infrastructure development. It can never be addressed by building prisons and having more prisoners. Those I think are short-term interventions and they cannot do much,” he said.
Mr Asinga further stated that solving the problem must involve the police, Judiciary, and community.
He was speaking in Kampala on Tuesday at a meeting convened by Penal Reform International, a non-profit organisation promoting effective criminal justice systems.
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