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Uganda updates prison farms in face of rights concerns
Uganda is in the process of modernizing its prison farms amid ongoing concerns over the welfare and possible exploitation of prisoners. Andrew Kisitu, the commissioner in charge of 27 prison farms, told Anadolu Agency that the government recently provided 7.5 billion Uganda shillings ($2.2 million)…
Sierra Leone : DIGNITY is pushing for positive changes in prisons
DIGNITY and local partner Prison Watch ensures political commitment to ambitious revision of prison legislation in Sierra Leone. It has been 55 years since the last revision of prison rules in the West African country, but over the past few years the prison authorities – now known as Correctional S…
Haiti: inauguration of the new civil prison for women in Cabaret
Thursday, January 28, Ambassador of the United States in Haiti, Peter F. Mulrean, along with several civil, political, religious and local and of the Minustah, proceeded to the inauguration of the new civilian women’s prison located in Cabaret near Ti Tanyenclose to the road leading to Saut d’Eau o…
South Africa: the Mandela Rules, a diplomatic success but will they lead to better care of SA prisoners?
In December 2015 the UN General Assembly adopted without voting the revised UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners now known as the Nelson Mandela Rules “to honour the legacy of the late president of South Africa, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, who spent 27 years in prison in the cour…Gabon : les détenus de Libreville livrés à eux-mêmes dans une "prison bidonville"
Des prisonniers enchaînés, des cellules encrassées où s’entassent des dizaines de détenus ou encore des pénuries d’eau qui durent des jours : un Observateur nous raconte, photos à l’appui, le quotidien des détenus de la prison centrale de Libreville au Gabon. Ce n’est pas la première fois que la pr…