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Makala Central Prison, the biggest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has capacity for 1,500 prisoners [5] and holds both male and female prisoners. [6] However, it is highly overcrowded, housing between 14,000 and 15,000 inmates. [7]
Prisoners tried to break out en masse from the Makala Central Prison in the capital, Kinshasa, at around 2 a.m. local time (9 p.m. ET) on Monday, Interior Minister Jacquemain Shabani Lukoo Bihango ...
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Authorities in Congo said they released 600 prisoners in the country's main prison on Saturday as part of a process aimed at decongesting overcrowded prisons. Justice Minister Constant Mutamba announced the move during a ceremony at Makala Central Prison in Congo's capital, Kinshasha.
Makala Central Prison (French: Prison centrale de Makala), or Makala Prison [1] (French: Prison de Makala, Lingala: Bolóko ya Makala), is the biggest prison in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), located in its capital city, Kinshasa. [2] It is located in the city center, 3 miles (4.8 km) from the presidential palace. [3]
Democratic Republic of Congo's government said at least 129 people were killed while trying to escape from the central Makala prison in the capital Kinshasa late on Sunday, adding that the ...
More than 260 female inmates were sexually assaulted during an attempted mass escape from Democratic Republic of Congo's Makala Central Prison this month, an internal U.N. report reviewed by ...
Makala Central Prison is the biggest prison in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It only has a capacity of 1,500, [3] and holds both male and female prisoners. [4] The inside is unguarded. [5] Since its 1957 Belgian Congo creation, [6] jailbreaks are common in the DRC. [7]
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