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674. Educating children in trouble with the law. Pursuant to article 7 of Decree No.
2006-901, “Primary education is provided in penitentiary institutions.” Article 8 stipulates
in substance that detained children may take official examinations.
675. In this regard, courses that comply with the official curriculum of the Ministry of
National Education are given by school district-designated teachers.
676. Some re-education centres receive private outside support for maintaining an
educational curriculum.
677. In addition to basic education, at the Anjanamasina Antananarivo re-education
centre a literacy programme exists for children who have never been schooled. In
Mahajanga, volunteer resource persons provide apprenticeship and professional training
courses in mechanics or agriculture with the goal of preparing children for social
reintegration.
678. The penal institutions in Antananarivo and Mahajanga and some re-education
centres have reading centres. Detained minors may also view educational television
programmes there.
679. Medical care and services. Pursuant to Decree No. 2006-015, every prison must
have at least one doctor, one dentist and/or one nurse (art. 76). The doctor must make
regular inspections of the food, sanitation, health and cleanliness (art. 80), and for illnesses
requiring special care provisions must be made for admission to a hospital (art. 81).
680. 60 per cent of penal institutions have an infirmary. As far as possible, the Prison
administration currently provides prisons with a nurse and assigns a licensed nurse
practitioner. In addition, national and international NGOs (Doctors of the World, Médicap
International, Sentinelle, SAF/FJKM [Sampan’Asa Fampandrosoana, Department for
Development/Fiangonan’i Jesosy Kristy eto Madagasikara, The Church of Jesus Christ in
Madagascar], Catholic Chaplaincy for Prisons and others) collaborate with the Ministry of
Justice to improve the medical care provided to detained persons.
681. Social reintegration of minors. Article 25 of Law No. 95-010 of 10 July 1995, on
the status of Prison administration personnel, provides for two categories of specialized
staff (specialized teachers and professional-development supervisors) responsible for reeducating
and socializing detained minors.
682. Preparing detained persons, including children in trouble with the law, for social,
family and professional reintegration was established by Decree No. 2006-901 of 19
December 2006.
683. For the ninth European Development Fund (EDF), the European Union supported
three re-education centres in Antananarivo and the centre in Mahajanga with a view to
preparing minors for social reintegration, particularly by providing the centres the means
for reintegrating children and helping them to readapt, and strengthening teachers’ resocialization
skills.
684. Likewise, Médicap International, NGO Sentinelle, Bethlehem Association,
Association for the safety and protection of children (ASPC), FIVE Association and others
contribute in the same vein.
685. To better accomplish the goal of reintegration, the Directorate General for the
Prisons administration recently recruited 10 specialized teachers and 10 vocationaldevelopment
supervisors who are currently in an 18-month training programme at the
National school of corrections and rehabilitation, located in Toamasina.
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