At least 1,365 inmates at Gulu Main Prisons in Gulu City have petitioned Chief Justice Alphonse Owiny Dollo over the slow process of court leading to delayed justice.
The inmates who are on remand and conviction presented their petition to the Chief Justice during his visit to Gulu Main Prisons yesterday.
They claim that the slow court processes and delayed justice have caused case backlogs in courts, congestion in the prison facilities, and miscarriage of justice.
A legal maxim states that justice delayed is justice denied.
The inmates are pleading with the government through the judiciary to make access to justice better and increase the dispensation of justice.
In response, Chief Justice Owiny Dollo admitted to the problems but noted that the judiciary is set to create lower courts in all constituencies in the country, and a Chief Magistrate Court in all districts adding that courts of appeal will also be increased in the country.End.