Pader's woeful justice system took a turn for the worse recently.
It took a long time for Pader to get a Magistrate. It took a while longer to get him to visit Pader's dilapidated prison, which is an hour away from the court. However, it did not take long though for the Officer in Charge of the prison and the Magistrate, to fall out.
The Officer in Charge of the prison has been asking the Magistrate not to remand anyone in custody or sentence anyone else to imprisonment because the central government hasn't given him any food to feed the prisoners with.
The Magistrate's stance though is hardline. You are remanded in custody unless you can pay a substantial bail, regardless of the severity of the crime. Predictably, most can't pay this and more come knocking on the prison's door looking for a room.
This has all got a bit too much for the Officer in Charge of the prison recently. So he took his own hardline stance and refused to take any more prisoners. Instead he's released them into the community.
When the Magistrate and Officer in Charge next met, apparently they ended up in a scuffle with fists flying and shirts being ripped. The Officer in Charge came off the worst, while the Magistrate has been recalled to Gulu and the matter is apparently going before the courts.
It took a long time for Pader to get a Magistrate. It took a while longer to get him to visit Pader's dilapidated prison, which is an hour away from the court. However, it did not take long though for the Officer in Charge of the prison and the Magistrate, to fall out.
The Officer in Charge of the prison has been asking the Magistrate not to remand anyone in custody or sentence anyone else to imprisonment because the central government hasn't given him any food to feed the prisoners with.
The Magistrate's stance though is hardline. You are remanded in custody unless you can pay a substantial bail, regardless of the severity of the crime. Predictably, most can't pay this and more come knocking on the prison's door looking for a room.
This has all got a bit too much for the Officer in Charge of the prison recently. So he took his own hardline stance and refused to take any more prisoners. Instead he's released them into the community.
When the Magistrate and Officer in Charge next met, apparently they ended up in a scuffle with fists flying and shirts being ripped. The Officer in Charge came off the worst, while the Magistrate has been recalled to Gulu and the matter is apparently going before the courts.
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