John Akoon
Africa-Press – South-Sudan. The Minister of Interior Angelina Teny said there is a need to train the prison services personnel to enhance their delivery of correctional services.
In her opening remarks at the 8th Prisons Service Leadership Conference at Juba’s Crown Hotel on Tuesday, Teny stressed that training the officers will help the country win the war against crime.
“We are in dire need of putting in place infrastructure for training of the prison services. There are specialised training sessions for those who deal with inmates. There is a dire need to ensure that as part of reform, we give the right capacity for prison services,” Teny said.
According to her, the agreement stipulates the transformation of prison service through capacity building to perfectly prepare those who will deliver the correctional services.
“There is a continuous need for updating because many skills are coming in with dealing with crimes to ensure that those who are managing them do so through continuous capacity building by way of training, seminars, and exchange programs for people to learn,” she added.
She further added that South Sudan is a member of the East African Community and that there is a need for the leadership to consider training to have greater standards in the correctional services.
“Now, we are members of the East African Community. So, we have to bring up the standard and capacity of our men and women in the correctional services to be able to be at that level. Not only that, we need to be one day contributing to a peacekeeping mission,” Teny said.
“See, these officers of UNMISS. They come from countries like our country. But because they have transformed their security sectors, they can meet certain international obligations. Nothing is preventing us,” she added.
Meanwhile, the Director-General of the National Prison Services of South Sudan, Gen. Henry Kuany, echoed the same sentiment saying the training of the unified forces who were inducted into the National Prison Service of South Sudan with basic skills is crucial for the management of prisons.
According to Kuany, the prison system is the last block in the justice chain and a unique entity within the security sector that deals with vulnerable groups such as women, the elderly, juveniles, and mentally ill persons.
“It is therefore critical that any personnel being recruited or in this case inducted are provided with the requisite knowledge and skills to ensure that prisoners are treated humanely and with their human rights respected at all times,” Kuany said.
“I want to reiterate that the NPSS 8TH Leadership Conference is a pivotal event aimed at fostering collaboration, sharing best practices developing strategies to reform the South Sudan prison system,” he added.
Source: The City Review South Sudan
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