The prison population in England and Wales has reached a record high, just days before the government's temporary early release scheme comes into force. According to figures released by the ...

Prisoners tried to break out en masse from the Makala Central Prison in the capital, Kinshasa, at around 2 a.m. local time (9 p.m. ET) on Monday, Interior Minister Jacquemain Shabani Lukoo Bihango ...

This image made from video shows state security forces outside Makala prison in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, following an attempted jailbreak in Congo’s main prison on Sept. 2, 2024.(AP ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — 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 ...

KINSHASA, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's government said at least 129 people were killed while trying to escape from the central Makala prison in the capital Kinshasa early on ...

Kinshasa, Congo — An attempted jailbreak in Congo's main prison in the capital left at least 129 people dead, most of them in a stampede, authorities said Tuesday. A provisional assessment ...

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have said at least 129 people were killed while trying to escape from the central Makala prison in the capital Kinshasa. In a statement ...

A 37-year-old former finance manager has been handed a 10-year prison sentence after she was found guilty on 63 counts of fraud. Prishne Khan, who hid in a freezer to avoid being nabbed by police ...

An attempted jail break from the Makala prison, the largest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), ended in the early hours of Monday morning with at least 129 inmates dead, 24 of them from ...

A former prison officer who had sex with an inmate has been filmed mocking her ankle tag. Linda De Sousa Abreu, 30, pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public office in July after having sex with a ...

KINSHASA, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's government said an attempted prison break took place overnight at the central Makala prison in the capital Kinshasa. In a statement on ...