RABAT, MOROCCO | Xinhua | Moroccan King Mohammed VI has granted clemency to 1,381 prisoners on the occasion of Proclamation of Independence Day, as announced by the Ministry of Justice in a statement on Thursday. According to the statement, 959 inmates experienced a reduction in their prison sentences. Additionally, 234 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Commandant Military Police, Brigadier General William Bainomugisha appreciated the Uganda Prisons Academy for training soldiers of Military Police in Prisoners Handling. Brig Gen Bainomugisha was Tuesday speaking at the Uganda Prisons Headquarters, Luzira during the pass out of 184 Military Police soldiers who were …
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Rwampara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Rwampara district are hunting for 17 suspects who escaped from the police cells on Sunday night. The Rwampara Central police station is located in Nyeihanga Town Council along the Mbarara Kabale Highway. The Rwampara Resident District Commissioner Jane Muhindo has identified the …
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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has pardoned 1,631 prisoners in commemoration of the east African nation’s 61 years of independence on Dec. 9, an official said late Saturday. Minister for Home Affairs Hamad Masauni said in a statement that beneficiaries of the presidential amnesty include women …
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Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | A new round of peace talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government and representatives of major rebel groups ended in the Kenyan capital city Nairobi on Tuesday with participants agreeing on a raft of issues including the unconditional release of prisoners. The third Inter-Congolese …
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Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security has launched a manhunt for ten suspects following their escape from custody at Bukwo Police Station. The suspects, who were locked up for various offenses including murder and rape broke out of their cells on Sunday night. Five police officers in Bukwo are meanwhile …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The fisheries directorate at the agriculture ministry and the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU, have this Wednesday started distributing stocks of impounded smoked fish to Uganda Prisons Services and the vulnerable who include orphans and widows within Kampala Metropolitan area. The immature fish, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Prisons Services has submitted 682 names of convicted inmates to the Attorney General to benefit from the presidential pardon. Addressing journalists at the police headquarters Naguru, the Uganda Prison Services Spokesperson Frank Baine says the move is aimed at decongesting prison facilities across the …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Commissioner General of Prisons, Dr. Johnson Byabashaija has offered a bounty for prison escapees in Moroto. Dr. Byabashaija who is in Moroto on an inspection duty following the escape of 219 prisoners on Wednesday says he will reward anyone who recovers a gun …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The escape of prisoners from Moroto government prison last week isn’t surprising according to inside sources. They note that there have been unresolved management flaws that didn’t receive attention from top management. “For all the years I have worked in Moroto prisons, selection of …
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