Mile 2

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The Mile 2 Central Prison , Mile 2 for short , is the central prison in the West African state of Gambia .

Location and description

Mile 2 is 3.2 kilometers (two English miles ) from the capital Banjul and opened in 1920. The building complex is located on a 16,000 m² site directly on the Banjul-Serekunda Highway . It has a capacity of 500 prisoners and is managed by the Gambia Prison Service .

history

During the time of Yahya Jammeh's presidency , the organization Amnesty International (ai) regularly reports in its annual reports that the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) detained prisoners , some of whom are political prisoners , for several weeks without contact with the outside world. Amnesty International is also aware of ill-treatment in the prison.

Shortly after the change of government, President Adama Barrows, the newly sworn interior ministers Mai Ahmad Fatty and Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou, made an inspection visit to the prison in early February 2017 and reported poor conditions. Conditions in the prison and cells have become overcrowded, damp and poorly ventilated. The hygiene conditions are poor and the lack of beds and mattresses was noted. Some of the prisoners are forced to sleep on the floor. Fatty announced reforms to ensure that human rights are respected and the rule of law is upheld.

literature

  • Toyin Falola , Barbara Harlow (Ed.): Military Rule and the Abuse of Human Rights in the Gambia. The View from Mile 2 Prison. African Writers and Their Readers v. 2. Africa World Press, Trenton / NJ 2002, ISBN 0-86543-860-9

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS APRIL 1993  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. PDF file, accessed July 2011@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.gbos.gm  
  2. ↑ Crime and Punishment around the World [4 volumes]: [Four Volumes] . ABC-CLIO, 2010, ISBN 978-0-313-35134-1 , p. 85 ( books.google.de ).
  3. ↑ Amnesty International 2007 Annual Report
  4. ^ Gambia: Conditions at Mile Two Prison poor - Freedom Newspaper. In: freedomnewspaper.com. Retrieved February 26, 2017 (American English).
  5. ^ Sickening Pictures Inside Gambia's Mile Two Prisons. In: jollofnews.com. February 13, 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2017 .

Coordinates: 13 ° 27 ′ 50.2 "  N , 16 ° 36 ′ 11.2"  W.