Twenty-four people were shot dead and many others suffocated in a crush, the authorities say.
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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.
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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.
Have they ever hear of bails or probation?
An under-publicized world war.
