APA-Rabat (Morocco) On Wednesday in Rabat, Morocco and Senegal signed an official cooperation protocol in the field of prisons and rehabilitation.
The document, initialled by Mohamed Salah Tamek, Morocco’s Delegate General for the Penitentiary Administration and Rehabilitation, and Abdoulaye Diagne, Senegal’s Director General of the Penitentiary
Administration, was drawn up on the sidelines of the first meeting of the Executive Committee of the Association of African Correctional Services (ASCA) in Rabat.
The aim of the protocol is to strengthen collaboration between the two countries in the areas of training and exchanges of experience in prison and rehabilitation. Commitments include the sharing of information on training, rehabilitation, social action and prison management objectives and programmes.
The two parties have also agreed to organise educational training sessions for their respective staff, as well as study days on topics of common interest.
The 1st meeting of the ASCA Executive Committee brings together several of the Association’s African member states, providing a platform to discuss ASCA’s activities and the challenges associated with the governance of the prison sector in Africa.
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