Awei Prison
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For families
How to send mail, money, and visit Awei Prison
Step-by-step guidance using the Uganda system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
Capacity
56
Current population
231
Occupancy
413%
Year opened
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Operational
Facility profile
Operator
Uganda Prisons Service
Population held
Mixed
Opened
—
Region
—
Security level
—
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
Overcrowding tier: critical (412.5% as of 2026-05)
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 30/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Extreme overcrowding at 413% of capacity
Compared to other facilities in Uganda
287 peersHigher risk than 13% of peer facilities in Uganda.
Data completeness
38%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- UPS Monthly Statistical Abstract (2026-05)
- Uganda Prisons Service reports index
- Uganda Prisons Service — Monthly Statistical Abstract — Uganda Prisons Service
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.