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Current Feed ContentCOTE D'IVOIRE: Malnutrition concerns in country’s prisonsDAKAR Tuesday, September 02, 2008 (IRIN) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has launched a nutritional feeding programme at the main prison in Abidjan after the incidence of beriberi, a sickness linked to vitamin deficiency, reached epidemic levels. The ICRC says it first detected the illness in Abidjan’s Maison d’arrêt et de correction d’Abidjan (MACA), the largest prison in the city housing 5,400 prisoners in a space intended for 1,500, in 2002. An emergency programme...Baba K. Jobe at Police HeadquartersBaba Jobewas yesterday seen at the Police Headquarters in Banjul according to sources close to thispaper. Accordingto our sources, the reason for Baba Jobe’s presence at the Police Headquarterwas not known. The sources further added that his presence there had beennoticed in the past few days. Mr Jobe was brought from Mile 2 State CentralPrison at the request of the Major Crime Unit of The Gambia Police Force, thesource revealed. Accordingto source, Mr Jobe was seen sitting at the prosecution...UZBEKISTAN: Watchdogs slam government crackdown on independent journalistsMedia watchdog groups have condemned the persecution of two journalists in Uzbekistan - one confined to a mental hospital, another in prison.KENYA: Winning against HIV stigma behind barsNAIROBI Friday, November 21, 2008 (IRIN) - HIV-positive prisoners in Kenya not only suffer isolation from friends and family, but also within the prison walls. "Fellow prisoners and warders treat us so uncaringly - they stigmatise us," said Collins Kiwinda*, a prisoner serving time for robbery with violence at Athi River Prison in the capital, Nairobi. "Our relatives never come to see us and find out how we are faring." Kiwinda is married, but assumes that his wife has left him - she has...Errant warders sacked amid calls for arrestsTen warders were fired and 15 interdicted at the Naivasha GK Prison as the purge against errant officers continued.Female prison management workers hired in Central African RepublicFour female prison wardens and 12 female prison guards trained at the National School of Administration of the Judiciary in Bangui have been seconded to the Minister of Justice as part of UNDP’s Project in Support of Judicial Security. The hires mark the first time that qualified female staff have been chosen to work in prison management in the Central African Republic. Prisons there, including detention facilities intended specifically for women, had since the time of the country’s...Niger ALERT: Two Journalists in prison for defamationMoussa Aksar, managing editor and Sani Aboubacar, reporter of L’Evénement, an independent weekly newspaper were on November 12, 2008 detained at the Civil Prison in Niamey for allegedly defaming Foukori Ibrahim, Manging Director of the Electricity Company of Niger (NIGELEC). The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)’s correspondent reported that the journalists were arrested after making an appearance before the Prosecutor at the Niamey Magistrate Court to answer defamation charges brought...ZIMBABWE: Even a short prison sentence could mean deathZimbabwe's prison walls have not insulated inmates from the effects of the country's economic meltdown. A recent report has warned that the nation's 55 prisons have become "death traps", with conditions deteriorating rapidly and diseases spreading even faster. The Zimbabwe Association for Crime Prevention and Rehabilitation of the Offender (ZACRO), a prisoners' rights group, said jails were in a "deplorable state". Israel Chamboko, 30, (not his real name) from Highfield, a low-income suburb...Mauritania UPDATE: Detained ex-minister faces seven years prison sentenceIsselmou Ould Abdelkader, an independent researcher who is being detained for criticizing the country’s military regime was on October 26, 2008 charged with two counts of allegedly “lying” and “undermining the morale of the army”. Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)’s correspondent reported that if found guilty of the charges, AbdelKader will serve five years in prison for undermining the morale of the Mauritania army and additional two years, for peddling falsehood. He has since been...104 children released from prison in SomalilandSteps taken to protect children’s rights in justice proceedings 104 children aged 15–18 have been released from eight prisons in Somaliland (Northwest Somalia). This event follows the enactment of the new Juvenile Justice Law for Somaliland in April 2008. The law has introduced well founded provisions to protect the rights of children in legal proceedings. These include an increase in the age of criminal responsibility to 15 years and the stipulation that imprisonment of children should be... |
