Too few Cells For Growing Prison Population in Unity State

8 January - (Nairobi) - The head of prisons in Payinjiar County, John Luk Jok is appealing to Unity state government to renovate and build more prison cells to accommodate the rising number of criminals in the state.

Speaking to our correspondent, James Mabor in Ganyliel Payam on Tuesday, Lieutenant Jok said that there is only one cell in which more than 500 criminals are locked up. He said more prison cells would reduce congestion as the number of criminals increases daily.

Jok blames the state government for deploying too few security officers who are often overwhelmed and find it hard to maintain law and order in the area.

He appealed to the state government to tighten security by increasing the numbers of police to help reduce the crime rate.

Source: Sudan Radio Service (http://www.sudanradio.org/viewArticle.php?id=1845)