PRESS RELEASE: With people in detention vulnerable to uncontrollable spreads of COVID-19, ground-breaking research investigates the gruelling reality of female imprisonment in Sierra Leone.

by | 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...