Africa-Press – Angola. Inmates at the Peu Peu prison center (Cunene) requested, this Friday, greater speed in the treatment of appeals sent to the Supreme Court, for the review of decisions of lower courts.
During a meeting with the Deputy Attorney General of the Republic and coordinator of the Southern Judiciary Region, Hernâni Beira Grande, the inmates complained about the delay in requests for appeals made to the Supreme Court.
When reading the message, the general coordinator of Peu Peu inmates, José Gonçalves, pointed out as a concern the registration of inmates without parole benefits, the lack of communication and the length of processes and certificates and settlement of sentences, especially of prisoners transferred from other provinces of the country.
They also pointed out the need for personal hygiene means, an ambulance to transfer patients to health units, a tractor for agriculture and the completion of the arts and crafts training centre, whose works have been paralyzed for three years.
In turn, the Deputy Attorney General of the Republic and coordinator of the Southern Judiciary Region, Hernâni Beira Grande, said that the meeting made it possible to verify the prison conditions of the prison.
The deputy attorney ensured the immediate review and solution of cases within the jurisdiction of the southern region.
He underlined that the status of appeals processes at the Supreme Court could be overcome in due course, with the entry into operation of the new counselor judges.
The magistrate, who has been in Cunene since Tuesday on a five-day working day, held meetings with judges, the Interior delegate and visited the premises of the police and the Criminal Investigation Services. He traveled to the municipalities of Namacunde, Cuvelai, Ombadja, Cahama and Curoca.
The objective is to evaluate the work of the administration of justice bodies, to assess the level of functioning of the PGR in this region.
Located 123 kilometers from Ondjiva, the Peu Peu prison has a prison population of 1,442 inmates, 962 of whom are convicted and 480 are in custody.
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