by Executive Director | Aug 10, 2020 | COVID-19, Press Releases, Reports
First comprehensive study of women in Sierra Leone’s prisons finds 62% of those interviewed were pre-trial detainees Pretrial detention contributes to overcrowding, which is alarming with the current COVID-19 pandemic 34% interviewees had been arrested and...
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 | Jun 16, 2020 | Blogs, COVID-19, Press Releases, Uncategorized
This year’s theme for Day of the African Child is: Access to Child Friendly Justice Systems in Africa. This occasion provides an opportunity to reflect on how our country is treating some of its most vulnerable, neglected and marginalised children – and to...
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 | Mar 25, 2020 | Blogs, Press Releases
Title: AdvocAid calls on the Government to release Pre-Trial and Vulnerable Detainees as part of Coronavirus Prevention MeasuresYear: 2020 People deprived of their liberty, such as people in prisons and other places of detention, are likely to be more vulnerable to...
