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Top 6 worst prison in Africa

  1. CHIKURUBI MAXIMUM PRISON🇿🇼
    -is known for its overcrowding, guard brutality, malnutrition, overcrowding, no healthcare, and poor sanitary conditions. Prisoners here spend much of the day locked up and have few recreational opportunities.
  2. KINSHASHA CONGO
    -is a prison in Congo with more than 850 prisoners packed like sardines into a facility built for 150. Inmates sleep in hallways, near septic tanks etc disease outbreaks is a daily occurence in the prison.
  3. KIRIKIRI MAXIMUM PRISON 🇳🇬
    -Besides the problem of overcrowding, it is also infamous for its degrading treatment of prisoners , appalling living conditions, sub-standard medical care, and a very high death rate.
  4. THE MUKOBEKO MAXIMUM PRISON🇿🇲
    -prison cell was originally built to accommodate one inmate per cell. However, now it holds up to 15 prisoners.
  5. NAIROBI PRISON 🇰🇪
    -Built in 1911 for 800 prisoners, which boomed to 3,000 in 2003, this prison is one of the most congested in Africa. The prison cells reek of sweat, human waste, and filth with the stench of garbage hanging in the air.
  6. KAMITI MAXIMUM PRISON🇰🇪
    -this prison has gained notoriety due to the unspeakable squalor that the prisoners are subjected to. The prison, has earned a reputation for instances of sodomy, beating of inmates to death, and epidemics where malnutrition, cholera, and ulcers were normal occurrences.

Source: Gnews.com

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Kofi Tutu is a Ghanaian Broadcast Journalist/Writer who has an interest in General News, History, Health, Lifestyle and many more.(www.Gnews.com)

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