UACE S101 General Paper section B: Logic Quiz 19
Study the table below showing some central government prisons in Uganda 1998 and answer the questions that follow:
| Dates | Name of prison | Planned number (of inmates) | Actual number of inmates | |||
| convict | remands | lodgers’ | others | |||
| 07/01 | Murchison bay | 475 | 484 | 1,129 | – | – |
| 09/01 | Luzira Upper | 624 | 211 | 69 | – | 1,776 |
| 12/02 | Arua | 178 | 192 | 361 | – | – |
| 13/10 | Rukungiri | 120 | 47 | 203 | – | – |
| 04/11 | Kumi | 100 | 19 | 58 | – | – |
| 10/11 | Jinja main | 490 | 249 | 338
Committal |
33 | – |
Adapted: Uganda Human Rights Commission Report, (1998)
Note
- Committals are remand prisoners on capital charges who have been committed for trial by the high court. They are not eligible for bail.
- Lodgers are persons detained in prison without a court order.
Questions
(a) (i) Determine the actual number of inmates per prison.
(ii) Draw a group (comparative) bar graph to represent the planned and actual number of inmates for prisons shows in the table
(b) (i) Identify the prison with the largest number of inmates
(ii) Account for the largest number of inmates identified in b(i) above
(c) What are the consequences of exceeding the planned capacity of prisons?
Answers
(a) (i) Determine the actual number of inmates per prison.
The actual number of inmates per prison
Murchison bay 484 + 1,129 = 1613
Luzira upper 211 + 69 + 1776 = 2056
Arua 192 + 361 = 553
Rukungiri 47 + 203 = 250
Kumi 19 + 58 = 77
Jinja main 249+338 + 33 = 620
Table showing the planned and actual inmates per prison
| Name of prison | Planned number (of inmate) | Actual number of inmates |
| Murchison bay | 475 | 1613 |
| Luzira Upper | 624 | 2056 |
| Arua | 178 | 553 |
| Rukungiri | 120 | 250 |
| Kumi | 100 | 77 |
| Jinja main | 490 | 620 |
(ii) Draw a group (comparative) bar graph to represent the planned and actual number of inmates for prisons shows in the table
(b) (i) Identify the prison with the largest number of inmates
Luzira Upper
(ii) Account for the largest number of inmates identified in b(i) above
- It is the main /national prison
- It is located in the capital city with the highest population density
- Slow judicial process
- It near the Uganda Supreme court, court of appeal, General court martial
- Has the highest form of security to hold – hard core criminals
- Some prisoners fail to pay for bail or to raise
(c)What are the consequences of exceeding the planned capacity of prisons?
- Overcrowding leading to poor sanitation
- Easy spread of diseases
- Under feeding/poor feeding
- Danger of mixing hard core criminals and petty criminals
- Vices develop e.g. torture, vulgar language. homosexuality
- Violation of prisoners’ rights
- inadequate medical facilities
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Dr. Bbosa Science
