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National Legal and Policy Framework
The Uganda Prisons Service is mandated under the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda 1995 (Article 215- 217) and the Prisons Act 2006 UPS to provide safe custody to offenders and rehabilitate them. The UPS is one of 13 institutions that have been brought together under the Justice Law and Order Sector wide approach to enhance planning and budgeting capacity so as to improve access to justice. The JLOS has outlined its mission as to �enable all people in Uganda to live in a safe and just society�
The UPS is further situated within the overarching Poverty Eradication framework of the Government of Uganda which is articulated in the Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP 2004). UPS directly contributes to the attainment of Pillar 2, 3 and 4 of the PEAP (Production, Competitiveness, and incomes, Good Governance, and Human Dev’t respectively) |
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