Field Notes: Dinner at a Prison in Lira, Uganda

Pacific Standard Staff
June 12, 2017
Lira, Uganda: Prisoners, many of whom claim to be juveniles, line up for dinner at Lira Prison. Poor birth records make it difficult for Ugandan prison officials to remove younger prisoners from adult facilities.
Prisoners, many of whom claim to be juveniles, line up for dinner at Lira Prison, Poor birth records make it difficult for Ugandan prison officials to remove younger prisoners from adult facilities.

This photograph originally appeared in the May/June 2017 issue of Pacific Standard.

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