Location: Nigeria Objective: This project is to support effective Prison Reform through Prison decongestion and re-entry (rehabilitation, reintegration and re-settlement) initiatives. It aims at facilitating mechanisms to ensure the sustainability and institutionalization of initiatives geared towards reducing prison inmate population and a reduction in offending/re-offending behaviour. Current Activities: The following are ongoing activities: - Identification and training of volunteers for the scheme - Identification and sensitisation of partners and mentors for the scheme - Impact / Class litigation on selected awaiting trial inmates and prisoner - Training and provision of direct support to released inmates - Public awareness on the scheme Proposed Activities: - Review meeting on jail delivery exercise [awaiting trial/remand prisoners’ releases] - Strategic meeting to facilitate comprehensive support services to the target group - Training of prison inmates on re-entry - Development of implementation manual and training for prison staff on re-entry - Strengthening of the prerogative of mercy committees (an oversight mechanism which recommends prisoners for amnesty). Person/Funding Credits: TBD To learn more about this project click here (If have, include more detailed information in a link) Name of Project: Mental Health and Prison Project [Diverting Mentally-III Persons from Prisons] Location: Nigeria Objective of Project: The goal is to strengthen forensic psychiatric practice towards prisons and justice sector reforms in Nigeria through: Activities: The project goal/purpose will be achieved through: (i) Raising awareness about the problem of detaining mentally-ill persons in prisons; (ii) Developing strategies for preventing/reducing the practice of detaining mentally-ill persons in prisons; (iii) Facilitating the diversion of mentally-ill prisoners within the South East to the Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital Enugu; (iv) Developing strategy for establishing internal and external oversight mechanism to promote effect treatment and management of the target group; (v) Addressing the violations of the rights of the mentally-ill persons through litigation and advocacy. (vi) Promoting Legislative Reforms on the issue; (vii) Supporting the provision of re-entry (rehabilitation, re-settlement and re-integration) for the target group; and (viii)Promoting research and documentation activities on the issue. Persons/Funding Credits: TBD To learn more about this project click here (If have, include more detailed information in a link) |
