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Overcrowded and inhumane, things need to change at Tanumalala

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By The Editorial Board 28 January 2026, 9:00PM

More than 100 people crammed into a place meant to cater for just 60 gives the idiom ‘packed like sardines’ a whole new meaning. The remand centre at the Tanumalala Prison is overcrowded, and the arrests have not stopped.

By The Editorial Board 28 January 2026, 9:00PM

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