Ugandan authorities on Monday banned prison guards from using mobile phones during the 2022 World Cup, warning detainees could take advantage of the excitement surrounding the match to escape.
“The start of the 2022 World Cup on November 20, 2022 and the enthusiasm that accompanies the match could lead to the escape of detainees,” said a spokesman for the Commissioner General of Prisons, Frank Mayanja Baine, in a statement released Monday. declaration.
The communiqué orders that the “Prison staff are not allowed to show up to work with phones as they distract attention and interfere with the level of supervision”, and alert to the should strengthen security in areas “where prisoners can watch matches”.
Large-scale escapes are common in Uganda’s prisons, which are often overcrowded.🇧🇷 In September 2007, more than 200 inmates escaped from a high-security prison in the Karamoja region, in the northeast of the country.
In 2006, another 500 inmates escaped from a prison in Arua, in the West Nile (Northwest) region. Uganda has more than 6,000 inmates in its prisons, according to official data.
Source: DN
