East Africa

Factors for successful community service in Africa

Factors for successful community service in Africa

Directors of Probation and Community Service from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda were joined by representatives from Malawi, Namibia, South Sudan and Zimbabwe and also from UNAFRI (the UN African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders) and the Confederation of European Probation (CEP) to discuss what contributes to successful alternatives to imprisonment.

Investing in decongesting

Investing in decongesting

BUILDING COMMUNITY SERVICE STAFF CAPACITY IN UGANDA

One of the reasons that community service is underused is because different agencies and the individuals employed by them sometimes do not understand or completely fulfil their roles. For example, a first time offender who...