An analysis of imprisonment as a source of punishment:
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2019-04
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Kampala International University, School of Law
Abstract
The study analyzed imprisonment as a source of punishment in Kampala District it was guided
by the following objectives to discover role played by prisons in Uganda in the reduction of
crime rate and recidivism by reforming and rehabilitating prisoners under incarceration, to
examine whether the existing laws are effective to enable the reformation and rehabilitation of
prisoners who have been imprisoned, to change the general perception of the community about
imprisonment from being purely retributive institutions to reformative and rehabilitative
institutions and to influence the amendment to the Uganda Prisons Act and other laws to bring
them into conformity with the U.P.S policy of reformation and rehabilitation of prisoners. ln
conducting this research, both secondary and primary methods were used to collect data. The
study recommended that the Uganda Prisons Act should be amended to incorporate some of the
aspects covered by international instruments especially the Standard Minimum Rules.
Protection of prisoners' basic rights is reformation and rehabilitation of prisoners' concomitant.
As it has been argued in the preceding chapters of this work, in order to have effective
reformation and rehabi I itation of prisoners, their basic rights should not be abused. For effective
reformation and rehabilitation of prisoners, there is need t~ professionalize the Uganda Pri sons
Service staff. TJ1e prison staff needs to be informed of the modern role of prisons. The study
concludes that The modern role of prisons is reformation and rehabilitation of prisoners. This is.
not only a sign of civi I ization but a humane approach which has taken sway of the modern
penological thinking inf1uenced by human rights conceptions. All governments are striving to
control crime from a more humane approach in dealin g with offenders especially those under
custody. This is a move f-i·om the punitive way of dealing with offenders to a reformative and
rehabi litative approach. This has seen enactment of legislations to incorporate the concept of
reformation and rehabilitation of offenders. All agencies concerned with criminal justice are
enjoined to have this under consideration.
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A research dissertation submitted to the school of law in fulfillment of the requirements for the a ward of a Bachelor’s Degree in law of Kampala International University
Keywords
Imprisonment, Punishment, Kampala District, Uganda