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Morocco Considers Public-Private Partnership to Address Prison Overcrowding Crisis

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Morocco Considers Public-Private Partnership to Address Prison Overcrowding Crisis

Before the parliamentarians, the director of the General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR) proposed a public-private partnership at the beginning of the week to solve the eternal problem of prison overcrowding.

The head of the prison administration has mentioned his many grievances against the government, in particular the reduction of his budget for 2020 and 2021. According to him, this decision by the Executive is weighing down his forecasts. With 84,393 inmates as of October 27, 2020, of which 45.27% are in preventive detention, Mohamed Salah Tamek estimates that he must build 25 new prisons for a budget of 4 billion dirhams.

In the absence of financial means to succeed in this challenge, the head of the DGAPR has proposed a public-private partnership. This proposal does not imply the privatization of prisons, it is specified. It is rather a matter of calling on private individuals to build these prisons in exchange for an annual rent. These prisons will become the property of the DGAPR after the repayment of the private partners.

In total, 3 new prisons were opened in 2020 against 4 others that are still under construction.

Category: Morocco
Keywords:
General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reintegration Coronavirus in Morocco (Covid-19)

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