The prisons in Germany are run solely by the federal states, although governed by a federal law. The aim of prison confinement in Germany is two fold: emphasis is placed […]
The prisons in Nigeria are run solely by the federal government. This means that Nigerian prisons are governed by federal laws. In pursuance of the powers conferred on the position […]
The prison administration shall constantly seek to waken and maintain in the minds both of the personnel and of the public the conviction that this work is a social service […]
The Kenya Prison Service is a department in the Office of the Vice President and Ministry of Home Affairs. Encouraged by the Kenya Prison Reforms initiated in 2001 with the […]
Rule 71(3) of the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners states, ‘sufficient work of a useful nature shall be provided to keep prisoners actively employed for […]
As the country continues to stroke the flames of reforms, the Lang’ata Women’s Prisons in Kenya provide rehabilitation services for inmates still awaiting trial who, as at 6th July 2012, […]
The organization and methods of work in the institutions shall resemble as closely as possible those of similar work outside institutions, so as to prepare prisoners for the conditions of […]
Agricultural production is one of the major activities within the Zambian Prisons Service. It includes both animal husbandry and crop production for the feeding of prisoners and sale to the […]
To ensure foregoing ends, personnel shall be appointed on a full-time basis as professional prison officers and have civil service status with security of tenure subject only to good conduct, […]
Systems of privileges appropriate for the different classes of prisoners and the different methods of treatment shall be established at every institution, in order to encourage good conduct, develop a […]