While detainees kept in a special management unit, without an SOP, punished mentally by keeping isolated, physically with the heat and no fan, the fans acquired to be installed went missing. Five detainees been without a fan in this extreme heat, where is #MandelaRules ?
Grateful for the invitation to join the crucial discussion on preventing and managing violent #extremism in #prisons and advancing the #MandelaRules . More about UN Office on Drugs & Crime's work in prison and penal reform ➡️unodc.org/unodc/fr/justi…
'It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats it highest citizens, but its lowest ones.' #NelsonMandela #MandelaDay #MandelaRules
HAPPENING NOW: #UNODC starts its #prisonreform programming to #Sudan 🇸🇩 by organising a 1st training on Applying the #MandelaRules with the senior management of the #Prison Service
Congratulations to Maldives Correctional Service officers! Great pleasure to join Minister Imran Abdulla Home Ministry, MV and to hear the positive feedback from officers 🙏🏽We hope this training, delivered with funding from EU in the Maldives 🇪🇺 supports 🇲🇻 to roll-out the #MandelaRules Seema Joshi
That's a wrap on week 2 of #MandelaRules training in the Philippines, this time in Cebu city with another 50 jail and #prison officers from Visayas region.
Amazing collab of Penal Reform International (PRI), UN Office on Drugs & Crime in 🇵🇭, BJMP & BuCor Public Info. Shout out to Rafael Barreto Souza & Sharon Critoph.
Excited to be part of the official launch of the UNODC Nigeria in p/ship with the Nigerian Correctional Service project, developed to strengthen the capacity of the Nigerian Correctional Service in the North-Eastern States. I act for the #MandelaRules #PrisonReform .
My own humble contribution to last week's #CCPCJ32 , reflecting what #UNODC considers a core pre-condition to address global #prison challenges.
#MandelaRules #BangkokRules #TokyoRules
Ahmed Azaan Most not some. Cos that exercise hour is not granted for most. The law, guidelines & #MandelaRules gives them that right.
However, staff deficiency, mood, busy schedules are obstructions to this right.
The cells are not fit for exercise plus deprivation of Vit D affects health.
Proud to partner with the #African #Correctional Service Association (ACSA) 🤝 which currenty convenes in Dakar, Senegal 🇸🇳
UN Office on Drugs & Crime colleagues are on-site presenting on the #MandelaRules & on violent #extremism in #prisons , accompanied by a large shipment of our publications! 📚
HAPPENING NOW: #UNODC starts its #prisonreform programming mission to #Sudan 🇸🇩 by convening a 1st round of consultations with the senior management of the #Prison Service. #MandelaRules
Minister of Home Affairs Imran Abdulla meets with prison officers who completed #MandelaRules ToT. Minister stressed importance of implementing the #NMR in all the prisons & thanked EU in the Maldives & UNODC South Asia for the continued support to strengthen Maldivian 🇲🇻 prison system.
With 70% of the prison population awaiting trial, timely #legalaid provision in🇳🇬's criminal justice system could reduce pre-trial detention & ultimately prison overcrowding. Had insightful discussions with #legalaid providers from Gombe state. #MandelaRules #accesstojustice
It is oft-said that prisons are a “mirror” of larger society. How do we treat our women,children,vulnerable groups? The Philippines corrections system, like others, faces a myriad challenges. UN Office on Drugs & Crime strives to provide support to the system in line w/int’l standards #mandelarules
On the occasion of #MandelaDay 2022 let us highlight the importance of monitoring places of detention in translating the #MandelaRules into practice and protecting the rights and dignity of people detained. #DignityUnlocked #MandelaDay
With the generous support from Germany🇩🇪 UNODC South Asia providing technical support to Sri Lanka to reduce #ovrcrowding in #prisons through the use of alternatives to imprisonment #TokyoRules #BangkokRules #MandelaRules @UNODC Philipp Meissner Suruchi PANT Thoiba Saeedh
This #NelsonMandelaDay please take a moment to reflect on the harms of #solitaryconfinement and spare a thought to all those locked up alone in a tiny cell for 22+ hours a day. #StopSolitary #ThinkOutsideTheBox #DignityUnlocked #MandelaRules #MandelaDay2022
The #MandelaRules are based on an obligation to treat all prisoners with respect for their inherent dignity and value as human beings, and to prohibit torture and other forms of ill-treatment. Locking men up with women breaches those rules.
At UN Office on Drugs & Crime-APCA's consultation on health rights in prisons, our Criminal Justice Expert Seema Joshi shared insights on prison reforms in line with #MandelaRules . 'Prison health is the State’s responsibility,' she said, highlighting the provisions in the Standard Minimum Rules.
