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UNMISS/CORRECTIONAL ORGANIZES FTX FOR MALAKAL PRISONS

by Kofi Ampeah Woode

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Malakal Detention Facility (MDF), under the auspices of Detention Commander – Angeline Thandanani Maramba of Zimbabwe, organized a Field Training Exercise (FTX) codename: ‘PRISON GATE SIEGE’ for twenty five (25) Officers of the Malakal Central Prisons (MCP), in the Upper Nile State of the country.

The essence of the FTX on Tuesday 12 December, 2023, was for the Malakal Detention Facility to contribute to the achievement of UNMISS/Correctional Mandate of public safety, through safe, secure and humane management of suspects and offenders.

It also aimed at the provision of opportunities for rehabilitation and reintegration – contribution of security and justice for all, by making Upper Nile State safer from crime, drugs and terrorism, and for the participants to be equipped with adequate knowledge and skills, in Prison Emergency Crisis Management (PECM) and chain of command.

Under the course facilitator – Superintendent Frederick Johnson, Security & Operations/ Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) of the Ghana Prisons Service serving with UNMISS/Corrections – participants were taken through various stages of operational preparedness, should the holding facility come under siege.

Tactics instructed included; Pre-Incident Plan/Event Reporting, Deployment of Officers/Scouts, On Scene Command Post, Outer Perimeter Cordoning of holding facility, Tactics to Employ/Optional, Inner Perimeter, Negotiations, Armed Assault with regards to Proportionality, Humanity, Legality, Accountability and Necessity (PHLAN), Rescue/Screening and Post Incident for replacement of damages and repair of damages.

The participants were also taken through Human Accessible Rescue and Assault Technique (HARAT) – Height Adjustable Rescue Assault System (HARAS).

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