DOC/OS(XXXIII)/324c/II Executions: 1991:12 1989:3 1993 12 1996: 3 2001 none 2000: none 1999: 28 The Special Rapporteur finds it encouraging that no execution took place in 2000 and 2001 and urges the Government of Uganda to maintain this retentionist policy. Visits took place for condemned prisoners at Luzira Upper prison on Mondays and Wednesdays, for 20 to 30 minutes. Their section was compact; prisoners were allowed out of their cells during all day, but could not exercise due to lack of space. They are housed three to five per cell depending on the blocks. They wore uniforms, and were allowed to get food from outside. Their blocks were clean. The building was under rehabilitation to extend it. Condemned prisoners in Luzira women prison said they felt discriminated and rejected: they were not allowed to go to other parts of the prison than their ward, except the yard. Capital offenders in Mbale prison are detained in very poor conditions. There are no showers in the blocks, the roofs are leaking and threatening to collapse, taps are leaking and water is to be brought in jerrycans. Foreigners Illegal immigrants are detained until deportation. The delegation met a 22 years old Afghani in Kampala Central Police Station. He had spent ten months in police custody and had been sentenced 2.5 months for his expired visa. Since there was no flight to Afghanistan, the authorities wanted to deport him to Pakistan. Two Rwandese had been detained for three months without charge (Kamukuzi local administration local unit). Some of them were said to be from the army, the Internal Security Office being therefore responsible for their file. Foreigners often find themselves without any visit nor assistance, having no relatives around. Moreover, foreigners in Mbale and Luzira explained they could not be bailed since they had not surety, and that their embassy was not informed of their detention or they had no contact. Two Rwandese detained in Kamukuzi local administration lock-up explained they had to work for officers and to beg in order to get food. Prisoners in this lock-up were not provided with blankets, and there was no light and no toilets. The mail — including Red Cross messages — is censored, which poses a translation problem: they only receive messages from their families after they have been translated, which can take very long. No special diet was organised for them. Women Women represent 4% of the total prison population. Many are there because of the actions of men• they are made to carry contraband for men, prostitution, they steal to fend for children who ale neglected by their fathers, etc. (See FHRI The Prisons Update, Volume 3, issue n° 1 June 1997) Many are serving relatively lengthy periods of imprisonment. They are detained either in separated wards in mostly men prisons (Masaka; Kakiika), or in separate prisons (Luzira and Mbale). It does happen that they are not separated from men, e.g. in Mpigi local prison, where they are separated only at nights. In Tororo prison farm, they are separated from men by a light fence. In Kasese local prison, their iron inpot ( 4m diameter round military barrack was next to the guards' office, without any separation. The Special Rapporteur noted that this was an unacceptable situation and women needed to be separated for protection purposes. Their accommodation conditions are usually poor (although better than men's on the whole). The women's cell at Kasese police station accommodated between five and seven prisoners 14