African Entertainment has reliably been knowledgeable that the mysterious dying of inmates on the Monrovia Central Prison is reportedly on the rise because of the outbreak of an unknown illness on the facility.
According to info gathered by our Liberia’s correspondent from some household sources, their kids and kin dying is on the consequence of authorities failure to adequately deal with the medical situations of these inmates, thereby creating sequence of diseases amongst them.
Additionally, some sources inside the facility that most well-liked anonymity have additionally confirmed to AEN that within the final two to a few weeks, about six folks have died on the facility resulting from sickness.
“The facility is overcrowded. The facility was initially built for less than 400 people, but now hosts over a thousand inmates,” our supply maintained.
Our supply additional disclosed that that the corps of these deceased inmates is taken away by medical vans from the power to the John F. Kennedy Medical Center, whereas on the identical time stayed that because of the state of affairs believed to be ensuing from overcrowdiness, the power can be refusing to just accept new inmates forwarded by the courts.
“It’s something very terrible; the lack of food, no medical attention, no safe drinking water, and the prison is overcrowded. Some of the prisoners are now walking like zombies due to a lack of sufficient meals and adequate medication and few are gradually turning into living skeletons,” a supply inside the Monrovia Central Prison mentioned.
Our supply additionally maintained that some of the prisoners normally drop to the bottom when taking a stroll resulting from lack of stamina, and harassed, “The death rate is getting high but they are hiding it from the public and to prove this for sure, just yesterday, December 12, Varney Lake, the Prison Superintendent began to take a radical step by denying inmates being sent from the various courts to South Beach on grounds that the prison is overcrowded.”
In latest, is has been noticed that the Prison Compound has been Struggling to feed itself for over a 12 months now with the Government doing nothing to go to such a state of affairs which has turned the Prison management into beggars, in search of assist from humanitarians, organizations, and different well-meaning Business Partners simply to feed inmates just one time a day.
Meanwhile, when contacted, Assistant Justice Minister for Correction and Rehabilitation, Eddie Tarawali denied the allegation concerning the dying toll rising on the Monrovia Central Prison, stating, “That information is untrue but we are aware about the overcrowding of the facility.”
Minister Tarawali mentioned although some inmates are ailing on the facility, inmates have been taking remedies at a mini clinic inside the Monrovia Central Prison, until when it’s a crucial situation earlier than they’re transferred to the John F. Kennedy Medical Center.
“Even in society people die normally and the prison is no exception, the prison is overcrowded, but nobody has died as per my record. When people are sick, a condition that can be handled in the prison, we handle it, we have a mini clinic which deals with mini issues and when it’s critical, we referred them to JFK,” Minister Talawali maintained.
He additional defined that that some of these diseases being skilled by inmates are rashes, scabies, and different pores and skin infections, whereas others have Malaria which could be dealt with by the mini-clinic.
As a method of de-congesting the power, Minister Tarawali on the identical time disclosed that the federal government has begun the development of additional jail services on the Monrovia Central Prison, including, “Because of overcrowding, the prison has taught not to accept any inmate until they de-congest the facility, so we are working with the court to ensure we can proceed with fast-tracking of Magistrate sitting.”
“There will be a lot, the engineers are here and we are constructing a lot to accommodate more people, and currently, there are over 1,600 plus inmates at the facility when the facility should be hosting 375 inmates,” Minister Tawala averred.
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