(1)Under the authority of a Sub-Director, the Sub-Department for Enforcement of Sentences, Penitentiary Production and Social Rehabilitation of Detainees shall be responsible for:
- monitoring and supervising the enforcement of imprisonment sentences;
- developing, in conjunction with the Research and Cooperation Unit, training and civic education plans of detainees, and monitoring their implementation;
- developing, in conjunction with the Research and Cooperation Unit, vocational training programmes, socio-cultural and educational activities for detainees, and monitoring their implementation;
- developing, in conjunction with the Research and Cooperation Unit, vocational training programmes, socio-cultural and educational activities for the rehabilitation of detainees, and monitoring their implementation;
- developing, in conjunction with the Research and Cooperation Unit, work plans and programmes as well as production activities, and monitoring their implementation;
- transferring and placing detainees on secondment;
- ensuring discipline among detainees;
- developing, in conjunction with the Research and Cooperation Unit, methods and plans to use prison labour and prison production, and monitoring their implementation;
- examining petitions by detainees relating to release on licence;
- monitoring sentences adjustment measures.
(2) It shall comprise:
- the Service for Enforcement of Sentence;
- the Service for Penitentiary Production and Social Rehabilitation of Detainees.
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In force from 18-09-2012
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Section 64 of the DECREE No. 2012/389 OF 18 SEPTEMBER 2012/akn/cm/act/loi/2012-09-18/400-decree-no-2012-389-of-18-september-2012
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