Liberia: Seven in 10 Liberian Prisoners Have Never Been Convicted, Government Official Reveals

Published: April 29, 2026

MONROVIA — A senior Justice Ministry official told a gathering of public defenders Wednesday that 70 percent of Liberia’s prison population has never been convicted of a crime, exposing what he described as a systemic breakdown across the country’s entire justice chain.

Assistant Minister for Rehabilitation Gabriel Ndupellar told the 8th Annual Convention of the National Association of Public Defenders of Liberia that of 3,768 inmates currently held in correctional…