by Joanna Howarth | Apr 6, 2023 | Advocacy, Blogs
An interview with AdvocAid’s first Frances Claudia Wright scholar – Ms. Umu Kulthum Sesay. Photo: Umu Kulthum Sesay at the launch event of the Frances Claudia Wright Scholarsip Hey Umu, how are you? I already know you but our readers do not so please...
by Executive Director | Dec 10, 2020 | Advocacy, Blogs, Death penalty
AdvocAid board member and former Executive Director Simitie Lavaly spoke recently at the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly. During her time at AdvocAid, Simitie represented eight women and men on death row, advocated for better conditions for...
by Executive Director | Jul 21, 2020 | Advocacy, COVID-19, News, Press Releases
We celebrate the release of 3 women pardoned by the President on Independence Day 2020. They were released on 21 July 2020 by the Sierra Leone Correctional Services (SLCS) along with all those who received Presidential Pardons earlier in the year. This is welcome...
by Executive Director | Jul 8, 2020 | Advocacy, COVID-19, Press Releases
The Sierra Leone Correctional Services report into the 29 April riot at Pademba Road Correctional Centre finds that 400% overcrowding, staff shortages, and the severe COVID-19 restrictions imposed on detainees were key causes. We commend the SLCS for this open and...
by Executive Director | Apr 28, 2020 | Advocacy, Blogs, Press Releases
On 27 April 2020, the Sierra Leonean Government confirmed the first positive COVID-19 case in a correctional facility. The male detainee who was held at the Remand Centre reported sick on 20 April 2020 and was confirmed six days later to have contracted the...
by Executive Director | Sep 26, 2019 | Advocacy, Blogs, News, Press Releases
AdvocAid and the Centre for Accountability and Rule of Law (CARL) today launched a Position Paper calling for petty offences to be decriminalised in order to reduce overcrowding in correctional centres and their disproportionate impact on marginalised people in...
