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Niger: Authorities Confronted with Explosive Overcrowding at Niamey's Civil Prison

Summary by Radio France Internationale
The administrator of the institution informed the Nigerian Minister of Justice, who visited the site on Monday, 9 March, that the occupancy rate was 400%. While the prison is home to a vast majority of prisoners imprisoned under the pre-trial detention statute, their delegates question the slow pace of processing of cases by the court to explain this phenomenon.

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Niger: Authorities Confronted with Explosive Overcrowding at Niamey's Civil Prison

The administrator of the institution informed the Nigerian Minister of Justice, who visited the site on Monday, 9 March, that the occupancy rate was 400%. While the prison is home to a vast majority of prisoners imprisoned under the pre-trial detention statute, their delegates question the slow pace of processing of cases by the court to explain this phenomenon.

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Radio France Internationale broke the news in Paris, France on Tuesday, March 10, 2026.
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