Prison Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/tag/prison/ Astronomy for a better world! Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:08:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://astro4dev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-03_OAD_symbol_colour_2-32x32.jpg Prison Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/tag/prison/ 32 32 Right to the Sky https://astro4dev.org/right-to-the-sky/ Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:29:28 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=30772 The post Right to the Sky appeared first on IAU Office of Astronomy for Development.

]]> Overview: Astro-Prison Consolidation in Nigeria https://astro4dev.org/overview-astro-prison-consolidation-in-nigeria/ Tue, 10 Jan 2023 09:51:55 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=26611 In a bid to improve the prison services and welfare of its inmates across Nigeria, Nigerian Prison Services was renamed the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCS) through an Act of Parliament that was enacted in 2019. Thus, in partnership with Carmelite Prisoners’ Interest Organization (a Non-governmental Organization) which has a long standing Memorandum of Understanding with [...]

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]]> Astronomy and Upskilling at a Nigerian Prison https://astro4dev.org/astronomy-and-upskilling-at-a-nigerian-prison/ Wed, 04 May 2022 11:28:44 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=26280 The Astro-prison project aimed to boost morale and create behavioural change among inmates at Nigerian prisons. It also wanted to provide practical job skills and improve literacy. was carried out in collaboration with CAPIO (Carmelite prisoners interest organization), Enugu State. The project was executed on 16, 17 and 20th of August, 2021. The planning of [...]

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