It is located approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi), by road, southeast of the central business district of Kampala.

[2] It is bordered by Butabika to the north, Mutungo and Kitintale to the northwest, Mpanga to the west, Port Bell to the south and an inlet of Lake Victoria to the east.

Port Bell is the area where the landing pier is situated, at the tip of the peninsular into Lake Victoria, in the most southern part of the general Luzira neighborhood.

[3] Prehistoric artifacts dating back to around 1000 AD, have been uncovered at the site where the maximum security prison is located.

[5] The prison, the largest penal institution in Uganda was designed with capacity of 1,700 inmates, but often houses close to 8,000.