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In 2020, it was estimated that more than 90% of the people held at the prison were awaiting trial, [8] and only 6% were actually serving sentences. [2] Jailbreaks are common in the DRC. [7] In 2017, another prison break occurred at Makala prison, which led to more than 4,000 prisoners escaping. [5]
The male inmates, some of whom were killed by prison guards, plotted a mass escape on January 27 as the M23 rebel alliance battled with Congolese forces in Goma over control of the city, the UN ...
The city's jail with 3,000 inmates was "literally torched" and the jailbreak resulted in fatalities. [62] More than 4,000 prisoners escaped from Muzenze prison. [63] It was reported that hundreds of female inmates were raped and burned alive during the mass jailbreak from Goma's prison. [64] Rebel fighters reached the center of Goma that morning.
In 2020, an investigative report by Prison Insider and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty revealed that there were at least 510 individuals sentenced to death in the nation, with this number doubling the group's previous estimations. [10] The report consisted of interviews of inmates nationwide who reported being condemned to death.
It said the men, aged 18 to 35, were armed robbers and “urban bandits,” locally known as Kulunas, who were executed in northwest Congo at Angenga prison. Forty-five were killed in late ...
An attempted jailbreak in Congo’s main prison left 129 people dead, including some who were shot and others who died in a stampede at the overcrowded facility, authorities said Tuesday.
It was believed that around half of the prison's inmates fled during the attack. [2] In the initial attack, around 50 prisoners got away when armed men attacked the prison. [ 2 ] Government officials said a police officer and at least five attackers were killed, while several sources say that up to 100 died in the unrest.
On 19 January 2022, police in the DRC announced they had arrested six members of a highway robbers' gang suspected of killing Attanasio. [21] On 7 April 2023, the six men were convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. [22] The lawyers representing the accused claimed that their confessions were extracted through the use of torture.