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“From today our prisoners will be working in our Agricultural sector while their sentences are reduced, our laws must represent African values” according to the junta head, Captain Ibrahim Traoré
*Burkina Faso leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore
PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | FEBRUARY 21, 2025
The military regime of Burkina Faso, one of the ECOWAS breakaway states in the Sahel region of West Africa has implemented a radical reform in its prison system.
“From today our prisoners will be working in our Agricultural sector while their sentences are reduced, our laws must represent African values” according to the junta head, Captain Ibrahim Traoré
According to the new criminal law in Burkina Faso, prisoners and those awaiting sentencing can work in agriculture, with a month of work equivalent to a three-month reduction in sentence.
A month of work equals 3 months off their sentence! This innovative approach prioritizes rehabilitation, agricultural development, and restorative justice, a radical digression from the old system.
Traore adds that most African nations are still using the colonial punitive punishment and rehabilitation methods that African slaves were being subjected to by the colonial masters.
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