Lesotho to Release Hundreds of Prisoners to Reduce Overcrowding

The government says it is busy implementing recommendations made 22 years ago by the Judge White Commission into prison conditions

• Chronic overcrowding in Lesotho’s prisons of nearly 70% above capacity is creating inhumane conditions and a potentially dangerous situation.
• Pretrial detainees make up over 40% of this prison population, with many spending months or years behind bars before their cases are heard.
• The government is now using early releases and renovating prisons in an attempt to…