Background

Following decades of civil war in Southern Sudan, this project aims to support the establishment of the Police and Prison Services in Southern Sudan, and to promote the re-orientation of the services from military to civilian. This project builds upon the ‘Foundational Support to Police’ and the ‘Foundational Support to Prisons’ projects implemented by UNDP in Southern Sudan.

Objectives
The project’s main objective is to restore a quarter of the network of police stations in Southern Sudan, and seven central prisons, and focus on institutional capacity building, through technical advice, training and on-the-job mentoring

Snapshots of the project's major achievements

Support to Police

12 facilities ongoing or completed: Buluk (Juba) Police Training Centre (completed November 08); Malakal Police Training Centre (emergency works by UNDP, 70% completed); Yambio Police HQ (completion January 09); Wau Police HQ (completion February 09); Wau Police Training Centre (completion February 09); Malakal Police HQ (completion February 09); Malakal Police Training Centre (completion February 09); Bor Police HQ (completion March 09); Bor Police Training Centre (completion March 09); Kwajok Police Training (start January 09); Kwajok Police HQ (start Jan 09); and Torit Police HQ (start January 09).

Provision of Furniture and Equipment
• Buluk (Juba) Police Training Facility: 210 single metal beds; 210 mattresses; 210 bed sheets; 310 plastic chairs; 1 projector; 1 computer; 1 heavy-duty photocopier; 1 x 10 kw generator; 1 TV set; and assorted kitchen items in large numbers.
• Police HQ (Juba): 1 heavy-duty photocopier; 5 desktop computers; 5 printers; 1 projector; and 1 screen.
• New Police Training College in Kapuri, Juba: 50 large tents for accommodation of recruits; 2 x 2000 ltr water tanks; 50 classroom chairs; 40 training office chairs; and assorted kitchen items and training materials;
• 2 x 40 kw Generators (currently being stored in UNDP facilities waiting for delivery).
• Bor Police Training Center: 5 large tents for accommodation of recruits.

Prison Capacity Building
• Provision of a Senior Police Advisor to the Minister of Internal Affairs and the Inspector General of Police on policy and strategic management issues.
• Two (2) prefabs provided to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the purpose of accommodating identification production systems.
• Two (2) prefabs established at the Ministry of Internal Affairs in order for UNDP Police and Prisons Project Team to co-locate with the Ministry.
• Financial support of 13 Cadet Officer Trainees attending a 1-year Cadet Officers course in Uganda, in cooperation with the Uganda Police Force (graduated December 2008).
• Fifty (50) large tents delivered to the Police Service HQ in Juba for training and accommodation purposes in connection with Basic Police Training Courses.
• Five (5) large tents delivered to the Police in Bor, for accommodation of police recruits.
• Technical and financial support for the Southern Sudan Road Safety Campaign Project.
• A 3-day training course for Traffic Police Directors and their deputies in the ten states (within the framework of the Road Safety Campaign).
• Advisory support to the Southern Sudan Police Service Project Development Committee for co-ordination of all assistance activities targeting the Police Service by international organizations and agencies.
• Advisory support to the Southern Sudan Police Service Curriculum Committee for the elaboration and revision of a Police Code of Conduct and a standardized Training Curriculum.
• Advisory support regarding the drafting of a Decentralization Policy for the Police Service.
• Launching of Phase 1 (Phase 2 and 3 to follow next year) of the Project for Logistics and Asset Management System within the Police Service HQ (joint training with the Prison Service).
• Support for enhancing the capacity of the Legal Department of the Southern Sudan Police Service through the provision of training to legal staff.
• Financial support for a workshop on Gender and Children’s desks and related issues for executive and senior police managers.
Provision of furniture and stationary to facilitate various subject trainings of police officers in Yambio.

Support to Prisons

Ongoing or completed construction projects: Lologo (Juba) Prison Training (completed August 08, additional works being conducted Jan 09); Rumbek Prison Training (completed August 08); Rumbek Prison (completion in January 09); Aweil Prison (completion February 09); Rumbek Central Prison (rehabilitation 90% completed); Bor Central Prison 1st Phase (completion March 09); Bor Central Prison 2nd Phase (start January 09).

Provision of furniture and equipment
• Rumbek Prison Training Facility and Rumbek Central Prison: 250 double deck beds, 500 mattresses, 500 sets of bed sheets, 1 x 40 kw Generator; water tanks; cupboards; file cabinets; plastic chairs; classroom desks; office furniture; and 2 large freezers.
• Malakal Prison Training Facility (currently being stored in UNDP facilities waiting for delivery): (currently being stored in UNDP facilities waiting for delivery): 165 double deck beds; 600 bed sheets; 182 mattresses; 140 classroom chairs; 69 visitors’ chairs; 84 office chairs; and assorted training materials.
• Lologo (Juba) Prisons Training Facility: 2 Rubb Halls; 2 Prefab Offices; 1 x 40 kw generator; 1 photocopier; 500 double beds; 50 single beds; 500 mattresses; 1,000 bed sheets; and assorted kitchen items in large numbers. In addition, 1 heavy-duty Fridge and 1 photocopier.
• Rumbek Prisons Training Facility: 2 Rubb Halls and 1 Photocopy machine.

Prison Capacity Building
• Provision of a Senior Advisor to the Director General of Prisons.
• Development of a Code of Conduct for Prisons staff in accordance with international standards (by UNMIS Corrections in collaboration with the Prisons Service and UNDP).
• Launching of Phase 1 (December 08, Phase 2 and 3 to follow next year) Project for Logistics and Asset Management System within the Police Service HQ (joint training with the Police Service).
• Feeding of 650 Prison Service recruits in connection with a 3-month basic training course at Lologo Prisons Training Facility (February-April 08).
• Feeding of 850 Prison Service recruits in connection with a 3-month basic training course at Lologo Prison Training Facility (June-September 08).
• Training of Prison Service recruits has been ongoing. A training calendar for 2009 is to be further developed and approved by the Southern Sudan Prisons Service, prior to implementation.

Key Partnerships Formed
• Throughout 2008, a number of partnerships were established between the Project Team and other stakeholders in Southern Sudan. These stakeholders will prove to be vital in the successful and sustainable implementation of project activities in 2008 and beyond. Some of these key partnership are with GoSS (GoSS Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Inspector General of Police and the Senior Management and the Director General of Prisons Service), UNOPS, UNMIS Police, UNMIS Corrections, UNIFEM, UNICEF and UNODC. The ongoing development of Gender and Children’s Desks is just one example of the work being done in collaboration with partners across the Rule of Law sector in Southern Sudan.