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October 2, 2017

Kenya: gender-sensitive approach to non-custodial sentences

News

Africa Kenya

“Going to prison would have been a big problem as I have lots of people who depend on me.”

September 29, 2017

Sierra Leone: "I didn't mean to plead guilty"

News

Africa Sierra Leone

“Miriam” grew up in Sierra Leone and didn’t go to school. As an adult, she struggled to read and write. When she was arrested for loitering, she misunderstood the offence and found herself in prison.

September 28, 2017

Madagascar : pour la première fois en quarante ans, un journaliste condamné à Madagascar

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Africa South Africa

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September 25, 2017

“In prison in Mali, we survived.”

Testimonial

Africa Mali

Arnaud, was taken in for questioning by Interpol France in Bamako. He described the conditions in which he was held in detention in Mali after he was transfered in France.

September 24, 2017

Zimbabwe prisoners deprived of ARVs

News

Africa Zimbabwe

Pre-trial detainees claim an acute shortage of anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) has hit the country’s prisons and correctional facilities, and is now threatening their survival.

September 20, 2017

Cameroun : "J’ai vécu l’enfer en prison, mais je continuerai à me battre pour mes frères anglophones"

News

Africa Cameroon

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September 20, 2017

Cameroun : "J’ai vécu l’enfer en prison, mais je continuerai à me battre pour mes frères anglophones."

News

Africa Cameroon

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September 4, 2017

Côte d'Ivoire : que se passe-t-il avec les prisons ?

News

Africa Côte d’Ivoire

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August 30, 2017

Malawi: seeking justice for helpless inmates

News

Africa Malawi

Young inmates are locked away without any trial in Malawi’s prison cells. Some of them are even unaware of their right to a lawyer. Two legal activists from PASI do their best to secure justice.

August 14, 2017

Nigeria: Lagos CJ frees 62 juvenile offenders, 67 inmates with disabilities from prison

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Africa Nigeria

No fewer than 62 juvenile offenders, 67 inmates with disabilities held at Kirikiri Female prisons and Kirikiri Medium Prisons, Lagos, were on Monday released on the orders of the State Chief Judge, Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade.

August 6, 2017

RDC : 8 prisonniers meurent de faim en un mois à la prison centrale de Tshikapa

News

Africa Congo - Kinshasa

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July 21, 2017

Cameroun : Amnesty International dénonce le recours à la torture dans la lutte contre Boko Haram

News

Africa Torture Cameroon

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July 20, 2017

Kenya: why a gender-sensitive approach is needed, a probation director’s perspective

News

Africa Kenya

PRI talked to Paul King’e, County Probation Director in Nakuru, Kenya, to find out how a gender-sensitive approach to community-based programmes can help female offenders in Kenya.

July 17, 2017

Kenya: eight things to remember when implementing a gender-sensitive approach to probation

News

Africa Kenya

Throughout the world, probation systems and community-based sentences have been designed for men and by men.

July 10, 2017

The Dungeon

Portfolio

Africa Pre-trial detention Minors Material conditions Burundi

Children languishing in dark cells. They are victims of alleged arbitrary justice, and they spend years without seeing the inside of a courtroom.

July 9, 2017

Burundi : des détenus graciés depuis 6 mois par le président Nkurunziza sont toujours en prison

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Africa Burundi

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July 7, 2017

Humanisation des prisons au Burkina Faso : la maison d’arrêt et de correction de Bobo-Dioulasso bientôt relookée

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Africa Burkina Faso

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June 30, 2017

Coopération Cameroun-Union Européenne : un plaidoyer pour l’encadrement des mineurs en détention

News

Africa Europe Cameroon

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June 26, 2017

NIgeria: 70% of prison inmates are awaiting trial

News

Africa Nigeria

Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, confirmed, yesterday, that more than 70 per cent of Nigerian prison inmates were on the awaiting trial list.

June 25, 2017

Maroc : direction de la prison d'Al Hoceima: "Il n'existe pas un imprimé de demande de grâce royale"

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Africa Morocco

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June 25, 2017

Nigeria: 70% of prison inmates are awaiting trial

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Africa Nigeria

The Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, on Sunday said that more than 70 per cent of inmates in Nigerian prisons were awaiting trial.

June 25, 2017

Nigeria: Eid-el-Fitr: Ganduje grants amnesty to 500 prisoners

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Africa Nigeria

Kano State Government on Sunday granted pardon to 500 inmates of prisons in the state to mark the Eid-el-Fitr. The state Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, granted the pardon to the inmates at Central Prison, Kurmawa in the state capital, while addressing a cross-section of the convicts, shortly afte…

June 23, 2017

Egypt: 502 prisoners pardoned for Eid al-Fitr

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Africa Middle East Egypt

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pardoned 502 prisoners, on Friday, on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr.

June 22, 2017

Malawi: inmates prepared for life after prison

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Africa Malawi

Inmates at Nkhotakota Prison are learning technical skills that will help them to live an independent life after serving their jail terms. In an interview with Malawi24, Nkhotakota Prison spokesperson Cosmas Meja said many Malawians perceive that prisons are made to punish criminals which is contra…