DOC/OS(OCXIII)/324c/II administration prison), prisoners were very thin, and exhausted. In Tororo local administration prison, no food was provided by the government, and prisoners had to work for it. In Mpigi, prisoners would did not go to work were not fed. Women in Masindi complained that the lack of change in diet (poshow, beans and salt) gave them stomach pain. There are shambas (vegetable gardens) everywhere space is available. According to the officer in charge in Kakiika prison, prisoners produce 50 kg vegetables everyday, for 750 prisoners (0.06g per prisoner). In Tororo local prison, the vegetables grown by prisoners are allegedly taken by the warders. In Murchison Bay, every space available is used to grow greens. In some police stations the only food available is that brought from the outside by relatives. A detainee in Kamukuzi local administration police unit reported staying 14 days without food, and having to beg it; other detainees worked for food. The Officer in charge of the police unit explained that he had a budget to feed 10 people, and when he had more than this, he had to share (they were 11 on the day of the visit). The Officer in charge at Kasese police station said food was distributed twice a day — according to prisoners, the only food they receive is brought by their relatives. Usually, it is not an offence to bring food from outside, but this is sometimes subject to bribe (Mbale — prisoners said they have to pay 15.000 USH) and is restricted (Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays for women at Masaka prisons) or prohibited (Tororo prison farm, Luzira remand). Some prisons restrict it to uncooked, others to cooked food (Luzira maximum, Masaka). Special diet is sometimes available upon medical advice, but it can be subject to bribes (for instance given to guards) or not available at all (Tororo prison farm). Clothing Uniforms are normally distributed to convicted prisoners. However, this was not always the case (Mbale, Tororo local prison and prison farm, Luzira remand, Mpigi local prison), which they regret as their own clothing are often in poor state. They complained they did not have cloth to go to court or on release. There are some exceptions, e.g. in Kasese local prison, but in this case for example, the uniforms are old and dirty, and they only get one set, which they wash during the week-end. In Masindi they are supposed to have uniforms, but some went in rags. Uniforms in Luzira upper prison were for convicts only. Prisoners in police stations do not get uniforms. They do not always have enough clothes to be able to change them for a wash (Mbale police station). Uniforms were distributed to prisoners at Tororo prison farm the week before the visit of the delegation. Contact with the outside/familial links Due to congestion and to the lack of transport, prisoners can be detained far from their place of origin, which hampers family contacts. Most of the time, prisoners whose relatives are poor get few visits. Some prisons have a meeting room in which prisoners which are deemed dangerous are separated from visitors (Masindi, Luzira Upper Prison). Sometimes (Tororo prison farm), visits take place at the gate. Visiting hours vary from one place to the other. They are usually permitted every day (Mbale, except week-end), although there are restrictions in some places (only Sundays at Kasere and Mpigi local prisons; Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at Masindi and Kakiika; week-ends at Tororo local administration prison; Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at Luzira Maximum security). The duration of visits is sometimes restricted to a few minutes (Masindi, Luzira remand, Tororo prison farm : 10-15 minutes), or suppressed, and visitors are harassed by staff who demand money from 29