South Sudan: End Arbitrary Detentions, Improve Prisons

(Juba, June 22, 2012) – Flawed processes, unlawful detentions, and dire conditions in South Sudan’s prisons reflect the urgent need to improve the new nation’s fledgling justice system, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
The 105-page report, “Prison Is Not for Me: Arbitrary Detention in South Sudan,” documents violations of due process rights, patterns of wrongful deprivation of liberty, and the harsh, unacceptable prison conditions in which detainees live. The research was done during a 10-month period before and after South Sudan’s independence, on July 9, 2011.