No food for inmates in state prisons

Magdoline Joseph | March 28, 2017 | 4:57 pm

Prisoners at the Juba Central Prison |Credit |Unknown

The Director General for the National Prisons Service says there is no food
for prisoners in the states.Gen Henry Kuany says this happened due to
economic crisis. He told Eye Radio that the situation is not much better in
Juba.

There are more than 1,000 inmates in Juba, who struggle to get one meal in
a day.He says the situation has worsened in the states, where the prison
service is unable to provide any meals.The Central Prison in Juba is now
using 17 bags of flour per day to feed more than 1,000 inmates.“The
prisoners are not getting enough food, but they are getting half of what is
supposed to be their feeding,” he stated.

Gen Henry says more than 30 contractors who are providing food to prisons
in Juba and other states are demanding big amount of money from the
government.He says some of those contractors have stopped working while
some are still providing food only to the prisoners in Juba.“The market
prices are very high, beyond what they [contractors] can afford to provide
the required food items for prisoners.It is not clear how many prisoners
are not getting food in the states.

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