Liberia
Africa
Death penalty
Liberia
The plenary of the Liberian Senate with a unanimous vote of 17, yesterday passed a portion of the penal code to abolish the death penalty and other capital offenses.
The committee on Judiciary recommended passage of the bill for the Legislature to remove the provisions of the death penalty. In 2005…
Source — Daily Observer
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Material conditions
Liberia
The lack of supplies affected all of the country’s 15 prisons, forcing two to stop taking any new inmates. It was only after at least two days that a local philanthropist and a charity stepped in to make up for the shortfall, but the wider problems - overcrowding and a lack of funding - have not go…
Source — BBC
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Liberia: SHED with funding from european union donates essential drugs to four prison facilities
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Africa
Health
Liberia
The drugs valued over Four Thousand United States Dollars (US$ 4,000) was donated Tuesday at SHED’s office in Paynesville and will be used in treating malaria, skin diseases, infection, STIs, test kit for hepatitis, sanitary pads for female inmates, nose masks for use by inmates and other common di…
Source — AllAfrica
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Material conditions
Overcrowding
Liberia
Inmates are often crammed into cells, lack access to regular meals, clean drinking water and medicine, and often rely on family members to bring food on visits.
Source — Daily Observer
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Justice
Liberia
Monrovia – Pre-trial detainees in detention centers in Montserrado and Margibi Counties are to have their cases reviewed.
Source — Front Page Africa
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Material conditions
Liberia
The Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR) has released a report on the ‘deteriorating’ conditions of prisons across the country.
Source — All Africa
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