Africa-Press – Cape verde. The inmates of the São Martinho jail, in Praia, are on strike this Tuesday. According to A NAÇÃO online, at the site in question is the increase in prices of various products and foods within the chain which, according to family members, has increased considerably. The food provided by the prison, they say, is not adequate and family members speak of inmates going hungry. It should be noted that the prison was designed for 600 inmates and currently has more than double the capacity, more than half serving sentences for theft and the rest for homicide, in the majority.
Prisoners at the São Martinho prison, in Praia, are on a one-day strike today. Since early morning at the site, A NAÇÃO online found that the environment is relatively calm, but with several family members of prisoners already concentrated near the entrance.
Family members are even making signs in solidarity to demonstrate outside the jail.
Today, according to several sources on site, there are no visits, and the inmates will not eat the prison food, they will not go out to sunbathe, all this to show their dissatisfaction with the situation they are experiencing inside.
Family members say that the poor diet situation has been going on for a long time, and that, since covid-19, they are no longer able to take food into jail.
price inflation
According to the report, there are no hygiene products inside, and the price of food has also increased considerably.
At the door of the São Martinho jail, mothers, sisters and aunts say that their children and nephews “are starving in there”.
Disgusted with the situation, they decided to go on strike.
It should be noted that the atmosphere that emerges from the inside to the outside of the prison is calm, as no great noise can be heard yet.
crowded jail
NAÇÃO online is trying to reach the Director of the Prison, but without success so far.
It should be noted that the prison was designed for 600 inmates and currently has more than double the capacity, more than half serving sentences for theft and the rest for homicide, in the majority.
Recent statements by the Director of the Praia Central Prison revealed that the issue of the ban on family members taking food was due to the fact that they took advantage of the occasion to introduce drugs.
For More News And Analysis About Cape verde Follow Africa-Press
