Liberia

False Prison Report?

The London-based Amnesty went through prison in Liberia and reported that the conditions were inadequate to prisoners. The Assistant Minister, Hillary Siakor-Sirleaf, said that the reports did not mention all the improvements of the prison throughout the years. Siakor-Sirleaf was also upset with the Amnesty because they came in with cameras, saying that was unethical and unfair for the prisoners; and that the report “magnified” the prison’s poor conditions.

Hillary Siakor-Sirleaf, the Assistant Minister, said that the Amnesty over exaggerated their report on the Liberia prison’s condition. Sirleaf seemed to have a lot of excuses for the report such as, “Liberia only recently came from a ‘degrading’ war and was still struggling to get back on its feet.” and he thinks that the report failed to mention all the improvements that happened to the prison, that the prison’s condition isn’t as severe as the report made it out to be. The prisoners get doctor visits twice a week and get two meals a day, and that “Overcrowded prisons aren’t unique to Liberia” according to Sirleaf.

Realist

http://allafrica.com/stories/201109220637.html

http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/sub-saharan-africa/liberia

September 23, 2011 at 01:46 am