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DOC/OS(XXXIII)/324c/I
Definition
Workers
Prisoners who have a regular job inside or
outside the prison
Promoters
Prisoners who carry out and supervise
activities (teaching, workshops and religious
activities, etc.)
Presidential patients
Persons under observation or regarding whom
a psychological/psychiatric inquiry is under
way to determine whether they can be
considered legally responsible and tried as
such.
Remandees
Persons awaiting trial.
Second offenders
Convicted for a second (or other) offence(s).
First offenders
Persons in prison for the first time.
Recidivists
Persons with former convictions carrying
prison sentences.
Foreigners
Non-Namibian nationals, with a sentence that
they may still have to serve or have already
served awaiting deportation or transfer to a
refugee camp.
Juveniles
Young people of 18 and under.
Other convicted prisoners
All other prisoners who do not fit into the above
categories and who could be classified within
additional categories at the discretion of the
Director of Prisons.
Privileges are granted by the administration according to the prisoners' conduct. It
should be noted that this system of privileges is not applied at the juvenile centre E.
Nepemba.
Grades
Number of
visitors
authorised
per month
Family /
group visits
Physical
contact
authorised
Number of
letters
authorised per
month
Authorised
personal
effects
Personal
expenses
allowed per
month
4
Radio
NAD 280
A
3
B
2
No contact
3
NAD 220
C
1
No contact
2
NAD 155
D
1
No contact
1
NAD 125
Grade A prisoners sometimes live with prisoners of other categories. This can
create tensions and conflicts among the inmates (theft, envy, etc.). It can also lead
to the prostitution of those who would like to gain greater material comfort.
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