Rule 22 of the Bangkok Rules affirms that “ punishment by close confinement or disciplinary segregation shall not be applied to pregnant women, women with infants and breastfeeding mothers in prison” Also, Rule 57 says that” the provisions of the Toyo Rules shall guide the development and implementation of appropriate responses to women offenders. Gender-specific …
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SUMMARY Most of the victims of prolonged pre-trial detention in Nigeria do not have legal representation because they cannot afford a lawyer and as such have no access to justice. Hence, they languish in prisons for years, some for alleged offenses they neither committed nor knew anything about, and many for offenses they would have …
The United Nations (UN Beijing Rules) on the Administration of juvenile justice, Rule 26 and its corresponding sections especially 26.2 states that “Juveniles in institutions shall receive care, protection and all necessary assistance – social, educational, vocational, psychological, medical and physical that they may require because of their age, sex, and personality and in the …
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Donation of Books In addition to supporting education in prisons, CURE-Nigeria also donated Textbooks to the Benue State University Makurdi, the National Library Headquarters Abuja, and Tsambe Community Secondary School Adeyongo and Tsedzughul Memorial Secondary Tsambe in Benue State. See the link to the letter of acknowledgment from the university librarian: BENSU Appreciates Donation of Books …
Although we can all agree that incarceration is sometimes necessary for public safety in our work to protect the American people, we must recognize that incarceration alone does not provide the entire solution. Simply building more prisons and jails will not solve all of our problems. Any effective and economically sustainable public safety strategy must …
CURE, an international organization began in 1972 in Antonio Texas, USA by Charles and Pauline Sullivan who organized families of prisoners and concerned citizens to go to the State legislature in Austin to work against the death penalty. We focus on the Human Right and Prision Reform in Nigeria.
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The more I understand the Nigerian criminal justice system, the more I realize that we are running two criminal justice systems -one for the poor and marginalized, the other for the rich and powerful. This is a major tragedy“
Sylvester Uhaa