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Commonwealth Day 2019: Our Connection

The theme for 2019 is ‘’, which offers opportunities for individuals and organisations across the world to connect and work together.

International Women’s Day 2019

A call to action for the women and girls around the world who still experience inequality and injustice.

Our Students - A Force for Change

"I thank God. I actually don't have enough words to thank my tutors," Isaac Ndegwa LLB student. [Kenya]

Winners of the Google Impact Challenge Kenya

“We are changemakers. We are ordinary radicals. We are game changers. We are the African Prisons Project” Sheila Waruhiu.

What Happens After a Prisoner is Released?

"A few weeks ago, I went to receive Morris Kaberia, who was being released from Kamiti Maximum Security Prison, Nairobi…”

Youth Centre Opening Celebrated With Thanks

“This is what I have been waiting for since 2005. At last I have somewhere to go!” These were the grateful words spoken by Jessica, a young female resident of Luzira Prison Complex, Kampala.

Mandela International Day 2018

Nelson Mandela once said, "no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails."

Access to Justice in A "Peculiar Environment"

“Our hope is in you … APP has set a precedent in prison by piloting a prison-based Legal Aid clinic...”

Celebrating Change From Inside The Prison Walls

I’ve worked in prisons since I was 18. Death row inmates in Uganda call me ‘a prisoner by choice’.

Maryanne Mutembei

Maryanne works as an Officer in Charge at Thika Women's Prison. Last year she visited the UK on our Secondment Programme which helps senior criminal justice personnel observe UK prison management systems.

Pascal Kakuru

Pascal began studying law whilst on death row. He became APP’s first student to receive a Law Degree (LLB) from the University of London in September 2017 and is continuing to study for his Masters (LLM).