{"id":844,"date":"2021-08-22T08:06:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T08:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/lack-of-prison-poses-threat-to-citizens-lives"},"modified":"2021-08-22T08:56:19","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T08:56:19","slug":"lack-of-prison-poses-threat-to-citizens-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/lack-of-prison-poses-threat-to-citizens-lives","title":{"rendered":"Lack of Prison Poses Threat to Citizens&#8217; Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\">Liberia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Maryland County \u2014 The magistrate of the Pleebo Magisterial Court in Pleebo Sodokan district, Maryland County alarms that the lack of prison facility in the southeastern county poses a serious threat to community dwellers.<br \/>\nHarper Central Prison, the only palace of correction and rehabilitation in Maryland County, is currently in ruin, nearly five months after angry citizens demanding justice for the gruesome murder of a student and motorcyclist, vandalized the facility and attacked a police station.<br \/>\nAs a result, the general justice and rule of law system in the county appears to be paralyzed.<br \/>\nAccording to Magistrate A. Boyee Mah, pretrial detainees are either held at Fish Town Correctional Palace in next door River Gee County or they are taken further to Zwedru Correctional Palace in Grand Gedeh County due to the poor state of the prison in Pleebo.<br \/>\nThough the road is paved, a drive from Harper, Maryland to Fish Town, River Gee takes several hours and extending to Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County on a totally rough road takes nearly five hours.<br \/>\nThe transportation fare per person is L$3,000 on a commercial motorbike and is between L$1,500 to L$1,800 on a public transport vehicle.<br \/>\nMagistrate Mah sees the situation as something challenging hence, he seeks urgent intervention from government.<br \/>\nSpeaking in an interview over the weekend, he said the lack of prison poses a serious burden on the court&#8217;s ability to dispense justice.<br \/>\nFurther lamenting the dilemma, he said the court usually finds itself in a &#8216;catch-22&#8217; situation in which they don&#8217;t have the resources to transport defendants to the Fish Town Correctional Palace and won&#8217;t risk releasing them back into the community without prosecution.<br \/>\nIn some cases, the Pleebo Magisterial Court judge indicates that complainants or people directly victimized are the ones who go the extra mile in facilitating the transportation of defendants.<br \/>\nHowever, in cases where complainants can&#8217;t afford, &#8220;it can be a difficult situation,&#8221; he says.<br \/>\nWhen asked about the situation during an appearance on a community radio station in the county, Maryland County Superintendent George Prowd preferred to reserve comment.<br \/>\nIt is not clear why he failed to say a word on the matter concerning the county&#8217;s only correction palace.<br \/>\nHowever, analysts suggest that the Superintendent didn&#8217;t want to discuss such a crucial issue with the public at the moment, owing to its sensitivity or to prematurely disclose efforts underway to address the situation.<br \/>\nAngry protesters in Pleebo City, Maryland County, including commercial motorcyclists set ablaze the residence of Speaker Bhofal Chambers and the prison compound, demanding a speedy investigation into the gruesome murder of Student Modicious Nyemah on Thursday, March 25, 2021, at about 10 A.M.<br \/>\nSpeaker Chambers is a lawmaker, who represents Pleebo, Sodokan District in Maryland County.<br \/>\nSeveral suspects were subsequently arrested, charged, and detained at the Zwedru Correctional Palace in Grand Gedeh County, pending trial.https:\/\/thenewdawnliberia.com\/fire-guts-4-bedroom-apartment-in-maryland\/ Editing by Jonathan Browne<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. Maryland County \u2014 The magistrate of the Pleebo Magisterial Court in Pleebo Sodokan district, Maryland County alarms that the lack of prison facility in the southeastern county poses a serious threat to community dwellers. 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