Sierra Leone: Food, Drinking Water, Medical Care, and Psychosocial Support for a Group of 220 Juvenile Prisoners

Freetown — Supporting the most vulnerable juvenile prisoners on their path to social rehabilitation and reducing the risk of recidivism after serving their sentences – this is the goal of the non-governmental organization “Don Bosco Fambul (DBF)” of the Salesians of Don Bosco, which is committed to caring for juvenile prisoners in an overcrowded adult prison in Sierra Leone.

Specifically, the prison is located in Pademba, in Freetown, where over 1,500 men live in extreme conditions, without…