Freetown Central Prison

Freetown Central Prison

Freetown Central Prison is a prison on Pademba Road in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The prison was built to house 220 prisoners in the pre-independence era and now holds around 1,000 prisoners. Many prisoners were subject to prolonged stays in holding cells because of a massive backlog in court cases.

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* [http://www.osiwa.org/en/news/field/melron_nicol-wilson "Fighting for Rights in Sierra Leone" by Open Society in West Africa, 2006]
* [http://www.hri.ca/forthereCord2001/vol2/sierraleonega.htm "Report of the High Commissioner on Sierra Leone" 2001, United Nations]


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