In tandem with the National Transport Policy- 2018-2027, the Ministry of Transport, Works and Infrastructure has developed a National Road Safety Strategy 2020-2030 whose ultimate goal is to reduce the burden of road traffic crashes in the Gambia. Annually, there are over 700 cases of road traffic crashes and about[Read More…]
Human Rights
Dr. Abubakary Jawara Foundation To Fit Mile II With CCTV Cams Soon
A little over 70 CCTV cameras will be fitted in the State Central Prison thanks to the instrumentality of Dr. Abubakary Jawara Foundation. Work commences soon. The foundation hopes the installation of CCTV cameras at Mile II will mark another turning point in prisons administration as the expectation is that[Read More…]
Prison Was Built For Punishment Not Reformation – GPS DG
The Director General of the Gambia Prisons Services (GPS), Ansumana Manneh, has said that the State Central Prison was built without rehabilitation in mind. “The prison was built by colonial masters and it was not for rehabilitation but punishment,” DG Manneh said at the presentation of ceiling fans, mattresses and[Read More…]