[HIGHLIGHTS] DRC: Kinshasa does not address the reasons for prison overpopulation, according to civil society

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the authorities have set up a special commission to try to relieve congestion at the Makala central prison in Kinshasa. While the country's largest prison has more than 15,000 inmates, although it was designed for 1,500.

In Makala Central Prison, only a quarter of the inmates are convicts. The overwhelming majority are in preventive detention, some without files, while others have been awaiting their judgment for many months or years.