DR Congo jailbreak turns deadly at Makala Prison in Kinshasa
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Twenty-four people were shot dead and many others suffocated in a crush, the authorities say.
  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    9·
    4 months ago

    Makala Prison, dating from the 1950s, has a capacity of 1,500 prisoners, but more than 14,000 inmates were being held there, AFP reports.

    Holy shit.

    […]

    At the time it was estimated that only 6% of the prisoners were actually serving sentences - the rest were stuck in DR Congo’s legal system where cases can drag on for years.

    Efffff. Bleak.

    • quick
      1·
      4 months ago

      Have they ever hear of bails or probation?