APPOINTMENTS, TRANSFERS, AND LEAVE OF OFFICERS, JUNE 2020
No. 06/2020
SERVICE ORDERS PART II
APPOINTMENTS, TRANSFERS, AND LEAVE OF OFFICERS
Services
833 PRISONERS PARDONED BY PRESIDENT’S PREROGATIVE OF MERCY.
H.E the President of Uganda, on 22nd of April 2020 pardoned 833 prisoners’ country wide through the Prerogative of Mercy as a measure against the spread of COVID-19 (Corona virus) by decongesting the prison facilities.
Under Article 121 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, there shall be an Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy.
CGP PANELIST ON AFRICA-CDC -ICRC JOINT WEBINAR ON COVID-19 IN DETENTION CENTRES
The Commissioner General of Prisons, Can. Dr. Johnson Byabashaija and current Secretary of African Correctional Services Association (ACSA) was a panelist on the Africa CDC- ICRC joint Webinar on COVID-19 in Detention Centres: discussing issues on Governance and Leadership for Health care in places of detention, Health Information Systems in Detention places and Health care delivery :- prevention steps and clinical management.
COMMISSIONER GENERAL OF PRISONS CONTRACT RENEWED.
His Excellency Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda has renewed the contracts of the Commissioner General of Prisons, Can. Dr. Johnson Byabashaija and the Deputy Commissioner General of Prisons, James Mwanje.
COVID 19 UPDATES
TALKING POINTS ON CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)
PROTECT, YOURSELF & OTHERS FROM COVID-19
What is Coronavirus (COVID - 19)?
ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTION NO.4/2020 CORONA VIRUS DISEASE (COVID 19) CONTROL MEASURES
All Heads of Departments
All Heads of Sections
PROMOTIONS OF SENIOR PRISONS OFFICERS
H.E. the President of the Republic of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has promoted a total of 148 officers to various ranks as follows:
SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES FOR CADET ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISON (CASP)S
THE SECRETARY, PRISONS AUTHORITY INFORMS THE FOLLOWING PERSONS TO REPORT TO THE COMMANDANT, PRISONS ACADEMY AND TRAINING SCHOOL, LUZIRA PRISONS COMPLEX, ON 29TH FEBRAURY, 2020 READY TO START TRAINING AS CADET ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS OF PRISONS.
Attached list of succeful candidates below.
CADET ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS OF PRISONS : SHORT LIST FOR ORAL INTERVIEWS
This is to notify applicants who responded to the Prisons Authority External Advert No.
HIV ART CLINIC OPENED AT U.G. PRISON MUBUKU.
The Centre for Disease Control (CDC) Uganda country Director, Dr. Lisa Nelson on Monday 9th December,2019 opened the new HIV ART clinic at U.G Prison Mubuku which has been established with support of the CDC.
Mubuku is accredited as one of the 30 ART centres. During the occasion, the CDC country Director pledged continued support and funding from CDC for the next five years starting October, 2020.