CONTENTS
MALI REVISITED
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Acknowledgements
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INTRODUCTION
Preliminary Discussions
Director and Deputy Director of Prisons
Secretary-General of the Ministry of Territorial Administration,
Director General of the National Police of Mali
Minister of the Armed Forces
Meeting with NGOs
Interview with ex-detainee
Department of Political Affairs and Conflict Resolution,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Tiebile Drame, Member of Parliament
PRISON VISITS
Prisons Revisited
Bamako Central Prison
Baguineda Prison Farm
Mopti Prison
Kati Prison
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New Prisons
Boll& Centre
Koulikoro Prison
Souba Prison
Kayes Prison
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Police and Other Detention Centres
Gendarmerie Brigade, Mopti
Police Station (Poste de Police) Mopti
1st Arrondisement Police Station, Bamako
Third Arrondissement Police Station, Bamako
First Arrondissement Commissariat, Kayes
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