Rwanda - Severely Overcrowded Prisons

(11 Aug 1995) T/I: 10:59:06

Conditions for Hutu prisoners in Rwandan jails continue to
deteriorate. The prison in Gitarama, designed to hold 400 inmates,
now holds 7000. Disease is rife and the conditions are so cramped that many prisoners have had feet amputated after spending long periods standing.

SHOWS:

GITARAMA, RWANDA. 9/8

exteriors of prison
looking into courtyard - heaving with bodies
mass of people
people crammed together
more of prisoners
"kitchen" - cooking beans
man with wound on stomach
man knitting
people piled together
man with missing toe
ill man
men showing their bandaged feet
crowds of men
men piled up against grills of prison
more of them
inside cells showing how they sleep
men sleeping
men crowded together and singing
looking through door of prison
"hospital" - treatment area
more bandaged feet
dirty dressings
building and extension to the prison

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