The decree provides rewards for prisoners who have shown good conduct and dedication in work.
Alternative sentences mainly concern women and juvenile prisoners.
National preventive mechanism (NPM)
In May 2014, the parliament adopted a law criminalizing torture and creating an institution to play the role of the National Preventive Mechanism (Mecanisme National de Prevention,MNP): the National Observatory for the Prevention of Torture and Other Similar Practices (l’Observatoire national de prévention de la torture autres pratiques assimilées). The MNP is not yet operational because a decree providing for its operation is under development.
