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South Sudan: colonial-era Yambio prison "unfit for incarcerated people"
Yambio Central Prison, a colonial-era facility built in Western Equatoria State in the 1940s, requires urgent renovation due to deteriorating infrastructure and poor living conditions for incarcerated people, a senior prison official said.
Source: Radio Tamazuj (14/07/2025)