January 25, 2025 Liberia: chickenpox outbreak at overcrowded Greenville Prison News Africa Crises Health Overcrowding Liberia A chickenpox outbreak has struck the Greenville Central Prison, leaving six imprisoned people severely affected and raising fears of a potential rapid spread to all five cells housing the prison’s population.
March 21, 2024 Liberia: government to address prison congestion News Africa Justice Overcrowding Liberia Prison congestions across Liberia have drawn attention of the new Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Cllr. Natu Oswald Tweh, who has revealed plans to address the problem.
July 19, 2022 Liberia: Senate votes to abolish death penalty News 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…
February 9, 2022 Liberia: Where inmates are short of food, space and uniforms News Africa Material conditions Liberia When the food ran out for inmates at Liberia’s main prison earlier this month it exposed the terrible conditions that have long existed in the country’s jails.
July 13, 2021 Liberia: SHED with funding from european union donates essential drugs to four prison facilities News Africa Health Liberia A national non-governmental organization Serving Humanity for Empowerment and Development (SHED) with support from the European Union (EU) has purchased and donated a consignment of essential drugs to four prison facilities including Kakata, Bondinway, Gbarnga and Sanniquellie Prions.
July 18, 2019 Liberia: prisoners, officers complain of overcrowded conditions News Africa 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.
October 16, 2017 Liberia : special judiciary task force to review cases of pre-trial detainees News Africa Justice Liberia Monrovia – Pre-trial detainees in detention centers in Montserrado and Margibi Counties are to have their cases reviewed.
April 27, 2017 Liberia: 'appalling' prison conditions unearthed News Africa Material conditions Liberia The Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR) has released a report on the ‘deteriorating’ conditions of prisons across the country.
January 10, 2017 Liberia: congested Monrovia Central Prison rejects new inmates News Africa Overcrowding Liberia Lack of rooms to hold incoming inmates at the Monrovia Central Prison is now giving absolute freedom to suspected criminals and offenders of the law to gallivant in communities despite the security threats they may pose to citizens.
