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20 Prisoners Killed, 8 Wounded in Madagascar Prison Break

VOA News

   Twenty prisoners were shot deadas they attempted to escape from
   Madagascar'sFarafanganaprison Sunday.

   Eightinmateswere wounded in the chaos.

   Officials say 37 prisoners were captured, while 31 remain at large.

   A 2018Amnesty International report of the Madagascar's prisons
   says"people accused of a crime are routinelyput in prison pending
   trial" and can wait"for a trial for years, with little or no
   information on their cases" leading"to the extraordinary situation
   where Madagascar's prisons hold more people who have not been convicted
   than those found guilty."

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