ICPA2023-PID006 - Josh Ounsted, Salome Wairimu Muhia-Beacco

Bringing Human Rights to Correctional Policy and Practice in Kenya

Authors

Josh Ounsted

Thematic Leader, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Sweden

Josh is Thematic Leader, Access to Justice, at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) in Lund, Sweden. He previously served as Director of the Institute’s regional offices in Nairobi and Jakarta, managing programmes focussed on practical implementation of international human rights standards for justice sector actors, and correctional services in particular. Prior to RWI, he worked for organisations including the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, and Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defence of Human Rights.

Salome Wairimu Muhia-Beacco

Principal Secretary, State Department for Correctional Services

Ms. Salome Wairimu Muhia-Beacco is the Principal Secretary for Correctional Services in Kenya, having been appointed on 31 May 2023. She is spearheading transformative reforms within the correctional system including advocating for adoption and implementation of a comprehensive national policy for correctional services, along with legislative review for both custodial and non-custodial services, advocating for use of alternatives to imprisonment for low-risk prisoners, rehabilitation of offenders, humane treatment of prisoners and welfare improvement for staff and prisoners. Ms. Salome is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law (LLB), Master’s Degree in Leadership and Governance (LLM), both from the University of Nairobi Faculty of Law, and a Diploma in Legal Studies from the Kenya School of Law.

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