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Namibia: Court bans handcuffing prisoners behind backs in unsafe transport – News

Namibia: Court bans handcuffing prisoners behind backs in unsafe transport – News

Africa Links 24 with Werner Menges
Published on 2025-04-06 06:00:00

Namibia’s police and prison authorities are prohibited from transporting two prisoners while their hands are secured with handcuffs behind their backs in vehicles without safety features, a Windhoek High Court judge has ordered.

Acting judge Collins Parker made the order on Wednesday in a case in which a sentenced prison inmate, United States citizen Kevan Townsend, and an awaiting-trial detainee, Jaco Kennedy, were each suing the minister of home affairs, immigration, safety and…

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