Luzira Maximum Security Prison

Luzira Maximum Security Prison
An accommodation block at the prison (2008)
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LocationLuzira, Kampala, Uganda
StatusOperational
Security classMaximum Security Prison
Capacity8,500+ (2017)[1]
Managed byUganda Prisons Services

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.[2][3]

  1. ^ News Agencies (20 June 2017). "Uganda Prisons transfers inmates over congestion". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  2. ^ Kakembo, Freddie (5 June 2013). "When Luzira Maximum Security Prison is home". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  3. ^ Goldblatt, David (28 May 2015). "The prison where murderers play for Manchester United". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 6 July 2016.