• Faith Reflections

    Hanging with Condemned Men

    On the last day I was in Uganda, I spent some time with several men on death row at the Luzira Maximum Security Prison in Kampala, Uganda. The inmates are referred to as “condemned men”.  As we went through all the security points and the long walks through various hallways and doors, we finally arrived to the waiting room outside the courtyard.  Through the bars we could see the men – all dressed in white uniforms of shirts, shorts, and sandals.  The all-white uniforms stood in stark contrast to brown skin. They spotted us easily and were curious as to why…