Authorities in Congo say 600 prisoners in the country's main prison have been freed as part of a process aimed at ...

Congolese authorities were warned of a situation “on the verge of explosion” at the notorious Makala prison, which witnessed ...

An internal U.N. report revealed that over 260 female inmates were sexually assaulted during a failed escape attempt from Makala Central Prison in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. At least 129 ...

In a bid to address the severe overcrowding in Congo's prisons, 600 inmates were released from Makala Central Prison. Justice ...

A September 9 internal report by the United Nations Population Fund found that 268 out of the 348 women held in the ...

Makala prison was built for 1,500 inmates but houses around 14,000, which leads to constant complaints about the harsh living ...

A provisional assessment showed that 24 inmates were shot dead by “warning” gunshots as they tried to escape from the ...

Inmates at the overcrowded Makala prison had sought to escape their suffocating cells after water and power went out. At ...

Prison Centrale de Makala in DR Congo's capital Kinshasa, built for 1,500 prisoners but currently holding almost 15,000 inmates, was the scene of an unprecedented tragedy at 2am on Monday, September 2 ...

Marcee Gray, the mother of the suspect in the Apalachee High School shooting, has been indicted in Ben Hill County, accused of taping her then-73-year-old mother to a ...

Former President Donald Trump returned Saturday to North Carolina, a likely must-win state for him, during a tumultuous time for Republicans in the state.

Congolese authorities were warned of a situation "on the verge of explosion" at the notorious Makala prison, which witnessed a deadly riot last week when inmates forced open locked wings, set fires ...