World Prisons

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Uganda Prisons Service

264 facilities in Uganda.

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Facilities map (8 of 264 with coordinates)

Paidha Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

74

Held

179

Overcrowded (242%)Moderate

Patongo Main Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

40

Held

291

Overcrowded (728%)Moderate

Patongo Women Prison

Uganda

Type

Women

Capacity

11

Held

27

Overcrowded (245%)Moderate

Pece Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

56

Held

183

Overcrowded (327%)Moderate

Ragem Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

144

Held

764

Overcrowded (531%)Moderate

Rakai Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

32

Held

117

Overcrowded (366%)Moderate

Rubanda Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

14

Held

87

Overcrowded (621%)Moderate

Ruimi Prison

Uganda

Type

Farm

Capacity

501

Held

1,632

Overcrowded (326%)Moderate

Rukooki Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

34

Held

117

Overcrowded (344%)Moderate

Rukungiri Prison

Uganda · Rukungiri

Type

General

Capacity

136

Held

674

Overcrowded (496%)

Sanga Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

20

Held

74

Overcrowded (370%)Moderate

Sembabule Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

22

Held

152

Overcrowded (691%)Moderate

Sentema Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

34

Held

261

Overcrowded (768%)Moderate

Serere Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

77

Held

206

Overcrowded (268%)Moderate

Sheema Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

136

Held

270

Overcrowded (199%)

Soroti Main Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

444

Held

1,425

Overcrowded (321%)Moderate

Soroti Women Prison

Uganda

Type

Women

Capacity

37

Held

107

Overcrowded (289%)Moderate

Ssaza Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

61

Held

288

Overcrowded (472%)Moderate

Tororo Main Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

319

Held

1,109

Overcrowded (348%)Moderate

Tororo Women Prison

Uganda

Type

Women

Capacity

39

Held

77

Overcrowded (197%)Moderate

Upper

Uganda

Type

Maximum

Capacity

756

Held

3,090

Overcrowded (409%)Moderate

Wabusaana Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

12

Held

56

Overcrowded (467%)Moderate

Wakyato Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

18

Held

110

Overcrowded (611%)Moderate

Yumbe Prison

Uganda

Type

General

Capacity

51

Held

226

Overcrowded (443%)Moderate

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World Prisons. (2026). Uganda Prisons Service — operator profile. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/operators/uganda-prisons-service
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"Uganda Prisons Service — operator profile." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/operators/uganda-prisons-service.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-operator-uganda-prisons-ser,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Uganda Prisons Service — operator profile},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/operators/uganda-prisons-service},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}