A person arrested, restricted or detained shall be kept in a place authorised by law and these places are to be officially gazetted by the Minister of Internal Affairs.
On the other hand, the Prison act allows a police officer or any other law enforcement officer to arrest and detain an accused person in a lock-up, but in any case for not more than 48 hours from the time of his or her arrest. A “lock-up” is a place maintained by a district or a police force, where arrested persons are temporarily detained, pending production in court .
Furthermore untried prisoners, as a person placed in pre-trial detention, shall be kept separate from convicted prisoners because they are prisoners who are presumed to be innocent.
Legislation:
- Section 23 of the Constitution
- Section 2 of the Prisons act
- Section 64 subsection 1 of the Prisons act
- Section 117 of the Prisons act
For more informations:
- Karugonjo-Segawa (R.), Pre-trial Detention in Uganda in conjunction with the Uganda Human Rights Commission, 2012, p.4)