Within the framework of the project of support to justice implemented by the UNDP and financed by the EU, the Ministry of Justice, organized a workshop of dialogue and reflection at the People's Palace on the social reintegration of the incarcerated persons and more particularly of the female and minor prisoners

The Prison Administration of the Republic of Djibouti is indeed supported within the framework of this project through the strengthening of its institutional and regulatory framework. This workshop gathered different actors, likely to be involved in the issues of social reintegration of prisoners in order to collect their expectations and contributions to organize the issue of social reintegration and in particular vocational training activities for the benefit of female and minor prisoners.

By social reintegration, we mean all the measures envisaged to prepare prisoners, and in particular convicted prisoners, to return to a normal life in society.

This preparation implies several types of activities, namely: socio-cultural and educational activities (social games, cultural activities such as theater, art, sports activities ...) religious and psychological assistance, maintaining links with the outside world, vocational training activities which generally target minors and prisoners with a final sentence, the use of certain measures to adjust the sentence (placement outside, particularly in re-education centers for vocational training, semi-release ...)

The conclusions of this workshop support the efforts of the Ministry of Justice to reorganize and strengthen the social reintegration framework. 

Following this workshop, the support project will proceed with the financing of vocational training activities for women and minors in the Gabode prison where the training center has just been rehabilitated and equipped. It will also accompany the organization and implementation of these activities.