Mozambique: Police Told to Remove Convicted Prisoners From Cells

Maputo — Mozambique's Attorney-General, Augusto Paulino, has told the police they can no longer keep prisoners serving sentences in the cells of the Maputo City Police Command, but must transfer them to appropriate prisons.

Continuing his visits to incarceration facilities in Maputo, on Wednesday Paulino visited the cells in the police command. He found that the cells currently hold 44 supposedly dangerous prisoners. 25 of these are detainees awaiting trial, but the other 19 are already serving lengthy prison sentences.

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