Togo’s prisons are notorious for their deplorable detention conditions. The average occupancy rate exceeds 165%. This prison overcrowding is largely due to the absence of a genuine reintegration policy, and therefore to a high rate of recidivism.

Since 2010, our local partner Fraternité des Prisons du Togo has been running training workshops in Togolese prisons. We joined them in 2016 to develop these activities (notably via the creation of new workshops, the setting up of cooperatives managing the income generated by the sale of items produced in workshops, and support for prisoners’ wives and ex-prisoners).

Thanks to this vocational training and reintegration support, the recidivism rate of project beneficiaries has been significantly reduced (under 10%) compared to non-beneficiary inmates (over 60% recidivism rate).