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Makindye Prison is a Uganda government state-run prison which became notorious for extrajudicial killings and execution of government opponents during the time of Ugandan dictator, Idi Amin. Makindye Prison started and was built as a conventional civilian prison. It was turned into a military prison in 1971 when dictator Idi Amin came to power. Amin's authorities then started detaining opponents of the government there. John Kakonge, Uganda's former Minister of Agriculture under Milton Obote, was taken to Makindye Prison where his skull was crushed by a hammer allegedly by other prisoners.
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World Prisons. (2026). Makindye Prison. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/makindye-prison
"Makindye Prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/makindye-prison.
@misc{worldprisons-makindye-prison,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Makindye Prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/makindye-prison},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}