Why mentally ill inmates are crying out for help

53-year-old inmate (Sande Kamuhanda) lived a distressed life behind bars for 25 years until his death on April 23, 2016. Apart from prison, which was his family, there are no other details of who he was before or who his relatives were. 

Mentally challenged inmates relax within the TB isolation centre of Murchison Bay Inmates National Referral Hospital in Luzira as they wait for their turn to receive medication. (Credit: Petride Mudoola)