2 hours agoInside the high-security women's prison in Sierra Leone
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)The number of female prisoners in Sierra Leone has doubled in the last three years. There are only two separate sites for female imprisonment in this country. The largest detention institution is the Religious Correcting Centre in Freetown, which holds about 90 female prisoners and their children. Women who are [...]
There are only two separate sites for female imprisonment in this country.
The largest detention institution is the Religious Correcting Centre in Freetown, which holds about 90 female prisoners and their children.
Women who are on the death row or those who have life sentences are in this prison, reports “Alzeera”, the Periscope broadcast.
Sierra Leone still holds the death penalty for murder, treason and kidnapping.
However, most female prisoners are arrested for minor acts, such as theft, fraud, disorderly conduct, or debt.
These laws are unclear, badly defined, and disproportionately affect the poor.
Many women spend excessive time in prison waiting for their trial.
“Advoc Ayd” is the only organization that has access to justice, education and empowerment for women and girls who are at odds with the law in Sierra Leone.
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![Aminata was 17 years old when she was arrested for killing her awesome ex-boy friend eight years ago. The trial judge, when approaching the jury on the Law, founded that using a science in self-def when being beaten by a ruber pipe was a disproportionate use of force. Amenata was set to death for punishment in November 2010 and felt easy day she would be executed. Her sense was commuted to life impressed by the government on Independence Day in April 2011. [Boaz Reisel/Advoc Aid]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2018/3/25/a128762201d44268800eb6a9ec32795c_8.jpg)
![Advoc Ayd filed an appal for aminatta. Her case was finally heard in the Court of Appeal in May 2014 and the case checked for legislation in Febroy 2015, but Amenata is still waiting for the proper law over three years later. [Boaz Reisel/Advoc Aid]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2018/3/20/775ada1ad59b4963bae03bf0e75e9bc8_8.jpg)
![Advoc Ayd runs literature classes in the prison with an educational character, Educ Aide, and the support of the Sierra Leone Constitutional Service. One of the women who targeted the class, Serah, said: I choose to learn because in society, if you can reach read or write, you are left out, and I know that once I am relieved I will feel more part of society. I will also be able to help my child to read. When you sit here in the lesson, you can forget what you are in here for, and just sister time to learn. I want to manage and inspire another woman to take up the class and show that it is not too easy to learn.' [Boaz Reisel/Advoc Aid]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2018/3/20/041c35a2f6894fe393f05b8d71dd22f0_8.jpg)
![Sierra Leone passed a legal Aid Act in 2012. However, ending for legal power organization remains a challenge. In 2015, 193 countries agreed to make access to justice for all' one of the capitals for approaching successful impact by 2030. Insurance ends have been intended for access to justice. [Boaz Reisel/Advoc Aid]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2018/3/20/18a8e483558548808a67f7bca1b0e731_8.jpg)
![Freetown is one of the nine capitals in the world, with the Rain seasoning from May to October. This is indeed a variety of challenges for the prison, including making the open space out of cells possible for much of the time, exererrbating things and creating profits to wash and drive clothes and pieces. [Boaz Reisel/Advoc Aid]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2018/3/20/e4f0c97006094af1ab89a09562448ae6_8.jpg)
![Waiting the Rainy season, women are property to more languages. The prison has few samples and just one doctor for both the more than mountains and religious parents. [Boaz Reisel/Advoc Aid]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2018/3/20/b9478c14e4834b44b41231a3fb945d9a_8.jpg)
![Medical backups and healthcares, such as solar channels, are in lotup. [Boaz Reisel/Advoc Aid]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2018/3/20/83c9f7b7ab7d4259bf7ca9501afa7ce6_8.jpg)
![Many women are forgiven with their children in prison. There is no official police but generally, children under two years old are kept with their mothers in prison. After that, the child may be given to a family remember or Orage. [Boaz Reisel/Advoc Aid]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2018/3/20/f4669a1081d54b049b4abf91067111e8_8.jpg)
![Josephine calls food for a living, to prove for herself and her three children. She buys the message oil on credit, paying back her backups once she calls enough to her clients. One day, some coincidences ran off with her oil before paying, playing her in significant debt with her backups. Four of Josephine's personnel took her to turn exclusively on the charge of objecting goods by false expectations. Advoc Ayd's issued for all four accounts to be counted as one office, however, this was denied. Josephine is now holding a two-year session since in the correctional centre. Josephine has not seen or heard from her child since the beginning of the sense and is worth that they may have stopped going to school. [Boaz Reisel/Advoc Aid]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2018/3/20/4e8a2eeb9c944ead91b9e073ac666924_8.jpg)
![Sex workers are already arrested by the police for telling-defined criteria such as 'playing' or 'frequeting'. The police officer focusedly on these old-made laws to arrest sex workers simply for being outside at night. Arresting sex workers for these minor officers, they from reporting serial crimes, such as violence, rap, and the left to the police. One woman working in Lumley relations being able to understand by a client: 'They [clients] have sex with us and then beat us. When we argue, they take out a ship and say if you talk they will stay you. ' ♫ Another woman said: 'If you don't?' they have sex with them [the police], they will put you in a cell.' [Boaz Reisel/Advoc Aid]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2018/3/20/673004417db446eb8d6c945f0088fd1b_8.jpg)
![Christiana, Zainab and Favour are commercial sex workers. They were leaving the local nightclub in Freetown at around midnight one evening, when the police arrested them on charges of suffering. They were able to by the police for three days and were asked to pay for food, even though though the bank is free in Sierra Leone. Because they did). The women had the choice of paying a fine of Le 1,500000 ($500) easy or regreting nine months in the criminal centre. The money of these women died long enough money to pay the property, but the women chose to search the time in prison, as they knew that to accept their money's offer would create them financially and could result in their actions being taken out of school, or not being able to afford it. [Boaz Reisel/Advoc Aid]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2018/3/20/be1f0ca350374d95a5292d74a6bfb822_8.jpg)
![Mariatu is asking for the government to spend up clans in researching indicators. After a case is conditioned to the High Court, women in pre-velisation can wait months to over a year for their ministry, and then for the trial to become. Most women are the most recent and caregivers and experience time in my pre-velative arrangement has a huge impact on their families. [Boaz Reisel/Advoc Aid]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2018/3/20/ad188a8d705d4a228daa11592224bb9b_8.jpg)
![Being presented by their child is very traumatic for women in prison. Mason rules do not allow young children to visit the prison and some women are exhausted far from their families. Paralegals and social workers can act as a lifeline for parents and help them check on their families. [Boaz Reisel/Advoc Aid]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2018/3/20/06f6f1adaed64de691390c9909accf58_8.jpg)
