f • African Society of International and Comparative Law • Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA). The African Commission on Human & Peoples' Rights was also represented by two of its staff (The Press & Information officer and the Legal Officer Responsible for Protective Activities). Questions & Issues Raised by the NGOs to the Special Rapporteur The following were some of the questions and issues addressed by the participating NGOs: i) The situation of juveniles and the need to have proper juvenile institution to deal with their cases in The Gambia. ii) The peculiar problems of women and babies in prison iii) The problems of those imprisoned for lack of debt payment iv) v) Issues of torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment meted out to prisoners and suspects. Problems of proper health and medical facilities in prison. The Special Rapporteur addressed all the issues raised and encouraged the NGOs to get involved in prison and penal reform activities in their respective organisations and to encourage religious bodies to also get involved in this very important work. The representative of Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA), Nigeria described some of the projects the NGOs and religious groups in The Gambia can get involved in. The Special Rapporteur thanked the NGOs for participating in the meeting and expressed his desire to see closer collaboration between them and the African Commission on Human & Peoples' Rights and the work of the Special Rapporteur on Prison Conditions and Detention Centres in Africa. 29