A Uganda Prisons Service bus sets off for Luzira after a session at the High Court in Kampala. Inmates at the prison are following in the footsteps of some global literary luminaries like Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong’o and British writer Jeffrey Archer, who both wrote books while in jail. PHOTO | MORGAN MBABAZI | NMG
With plenty of time on their hands, prisoners in Uganda have written an anthology of poetry, short stories and plays about life in prison, its pain, loneliness, regret, joys, hope and redemption.
Published by Pen Uganda, the 150-page collection titled As I Stood Dead Before the World: Creative Writing from Luzira Prison is divided into three sections of poetry, short stories and drama.
