The Uganda Prisons Service must be professional, disciplined, and competent, with staff recruited from every district of the country. Prison officers must be Ugandan citizens of good character, which helps ensure fair and respectful treatment of prisoners. The government is required to maintain a prison service that is nationalistic and patriotic, meaning it should serve the public interest and uphold the law. This article sets the standard for how prisons are run, aiming to protect the rights and dignity of those in custody.

There shall be a prisons service to be known as the Uganda Prisons Service.

The Uganda Prisons Service shall be nationalistic, patriotic, professional, disciplined, competent and productive; and its members shall be citizens of Uganda of good character recruited from every district of Uganda.

Article 215 establishes the Uganda Prisons Service, emphasizing its national and professional standards and requiring recruitment from all districts.

Article 215: Uganda Prisons Service Explained

Uganda Prisons Service

215.Uganda Prisons Service

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