Overcrowding in DR Congo prisons poses Covid-19 threat

Issued on: 09/05/2020 – 14:03Modified: 09/05/2020 – 14:31

In a mid-April report, the NGO Human Rights Watch cited UN statistics that the main prisons in the Democratic Republic of Congo are at 432 percent capacity, with Makala Prison in the countrys capital of Kinshasa at 461 percent. While media access to prisons in Kinshasa is denied, FRANCE 24 obtained amateur footage from Makala inmates and spoke with an NGO and a CongoleRead More – Source

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Issued on: 09/05/2020 – 14:03Modified: 09/05/2020 – 14:31

In a mid-April report, the NGO Human Rights Watch cited UN statistics that the main prisons in the Democratic Republic of Congo are at 432 percent capacity, with Makala Prison in the countrys capital of Kinshasa at 461 percent. While media access to prisons in Kinshasa is denied, FRANCE 24 obtained amateur footage from Makala inmates and spoke with an NGO and a CongoleRead More – Source

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