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INTRODUCTION Bail is defined as the temporary or conditional release of a suspect under police custody or an accused person about to go through a trial on the condition that he will appear in the police station or the court as and when required; consequent upon the furnishing of a bail bond provided by him or a surety. Regulation 1, which is the interpretation section of the Bail Regulations Constitutional Instrument 2017, of Sierra Leone defined bail as: ‘’an agreement between a defendant, his surety, and the Court or a defendant and the Court, that the defendant will attend Court as and when required and if he fails to attend Court, in addition to the Court issuing a bench warrant, a sum of money deposited into the Court or property put up as security shall be forfeited to the Court’’ The primary purpose a bail stands to serve is to guarantee that the suspect or the accused appears on a later date to face justice and also serves to ensure temporary liberty to the suspect or accused w

                                                          By: Boizee Bai Kalokoh Imagine yourself coming from a country that is ranked the poorest in the world, a country that is ranked below all human development and social indices. A country whose people exist and thrive under the most difficult platform. (You would want to call that RESILIENCE). I would rather say these are people who are high-spirited and filled with the sap of life. Imagine living in a country that has almost all the world’s natural resources and its  people still go to bed hungry, this has accelerated many people’s journey to the grave. Imagine living in a country whose healthcare system is as broken as an overused rickety locomotive. Hospitals aren’t furnished with the latest contraptions for diagnostic procedures, no proper hygienic and janitorial services, the premises are blatantly unkempt. A healthcare system that lacks adequate and comprehensive maternal care. Imagine having to worry about whether your wife