Over 100 inmates die in DR Congo prisons since start of year, UN says

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Over 100 inmates die in DR Congo prisons since start of year, UN says

KINSHASA, April 3 –– More than 100 inmates have died so far this year in Democratic Republic of Congo’s underfunded and chronically overcrowded prisons, a UN human rights official said today. The main cause of the deaths was contagious diseases such as tuberculosis, which spread easily in crowded facilities and require unavailable medical attention. Insufficient food also contributed, the official said. The UN’s Joint Humans Rights Office has so…