Luzira Maximum Security Prison
building in Kampala, Uganda
Luzira Maximum Security Prison is a maximum security prison for both men and women in Uganda. Until Kitalya Maximum Security Prison opened in 2020, Luzira was the only maximum security prison in the country and housed Uganda's death-row inmates, as well as political prisoners.
Location
The prison is in the Luzira neighborhood in Nakawa Division in southeastern Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The prison is approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of the city's central business district.
Overview
The prison houses both convicted and sentenced inmates, as well as suspects awaiting trial, such as of April 2025, 11 activists who were arrested for handing a petition to the office of Kenyas largest bank, KCB Uganda Limited in Kampala to withdraw their support of EACOP.
It has a male section and female section. It also houses the country death row, amounting to about 500 men and women. A welfare project was carried out by installing windows, lighting, plumbing, furniture, mattresses and linen, as part of the African Prisons Project. The prison has a library of over 7,000 books from the United Kingdom.
Prison management
In Luzira, inmates are assigned more responsibility that would be in similar prisons in the United Kingdom or the United States. Inmates assume responsibility for maintenance of harmony and functionality of the units where they live, including the growing and harvesting of food, its preparation and its distribution within the prison.
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