This sub-project aimed to improve the gender-responsive treatment of women offenders in Western Uganda. Building on the results of the first phase of the sub-project, Penal Reform International (PRI) – Africa undertook a range of capacity development activities for prosecutors, lawyers, police officers, civil society organizations, community members and local leaders to promote gender-sensitive non-custodial alternatives to imprisonment. PRI-Africa also conducted round table meetings on the same subject for criminal justice actors across the country to strengthen the linkages between state and non-state actors providing justice for women in conflict with the law at the national level. Furthermore, PRI provided legal support services to women offenders and organized prison open days for their children and dependents to support their mental health. Finally, PRI-Africa undertook a research study on applying non-custodial alternatives to imprisonment and conducted advocacy and awareness-raising campaigns on the use of gender-sensitive sanctions to improve the legal support and empowerment of women offenders.