A look inside Gambia’s infamous Mile 2 prison

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A look inside Gambia’s infamous Mile 2 prison


The Gambia’s new president will formally be sworn in on Saturday which is also the country’s independence day.

Hundreds of prisoners hope the day will also bring their release.

Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports from inside one of the prisons in Banjul.

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@samhuntjr1014

HIV AIDS HERE

@Spiritual_guide_69

Heartbreaking

@bloodmasta1

crazy how those officials are straight up lying to the camera.. i know many gambians who have spent time in mile 2 for the most pettit crimes and the treatment in there is horrendous, they definitely cleaned it up for this media visit

@sankungsillah-cg6uo

And is my community as i am to be a journals equatorial to interviews yaya jammeh

@sankungsillah-cg6uo

Ist my knowledge to youth people good job than probably problem 😢

@ZakHorrocks

Billionaires with more money than sense can make a difference to places on earth like this and they wouldnt even notice a change in the bank balance lets start pointing the finger at the small percent of people in the world who can make a difference and just arent doing

@echohunter4199

Who cares.

@tallupjahlove5975

E3

@BakebbaSaho

They are treating our own citizens like a slave 😔😔

@lisa196409

If Africa and all these other places even America continues to go by this patriarchy y'all are going to see everything burn and be destroyed there'll be nothing left but void. Men should not be in charge of anything. The guards are raping the women in the prisons same thing goes on in America ain't nothing different

@KeitaBukary-kh8xz

One muslim number amonge the reast

THIS IS SO HEARTBREAKING TO SEE 💔💔💔💔

@katiestephenson1442

oh no it sad to hear that happen hope things get better with him

@gettingmoe

Poorest country on African mainland by stats. The prison is not the only thing terrible in this country

@stephenmurray2851

This is the way prison should be

Aljezera can lie this whole information is a lie

@moderndesign5282

Pimitive. Want to know how advanced a culture is ? just look at how they treat their prisoners.

@fsin-jj5kk

This is lieing how can a prison be like this is hate this people at least they should change the prison I hate them alll

@ManeSuleimane-rl2pq

,

@SUMMERGIRL4500

Every country is different, people need to stop doing crime

@CoffeeSuccubus

So this is an American prison

I see

@gboysamura

Good afternoon Gambia people

@katharinastromp6805

6 years for stealing a bottle milk!!! Oh my god!

@jankobah8263

Chai gambia

@tamina2270

Sadly it is still open I just googled it 😢

@d.c.347

🥵🥵 Where is juliet Ryan ( blaxit ) when you need her 🤨🥵🤨🥵🤨🥵

@khalifajatta9460

Gambia 🇬🇲😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🇬🇲

@samuelmitchell9542

I was there also for one year that is not a good place

@gohardafrica

6 years for stealing a bottle of milk? I live in the Gambia. These network make it seem worst than it really is.

@CBrown9758

Shut that hole down.😡

@euroboss8841

Sad 😞 😢 heartbreaking 💔

@saulnjie885

I hear black in Ukraine are been treated some hope and black people complaining about it all over the world why do u should up when is your own doing u or black doing black is okay

@heavilychild7711

I hope this has changed, locking someone up over a gallon of milk!!

@SlyceofJC

It's a shame on those lame "leaders" they are useless and men who says Yes to everything (YES man's) this is why Gambia is falling. Yaya Jammeh was an uneducated idiot WE ALL KNOW THAT.

@wakeupdonkey1991

At least you won’t go back to prison

@f_d7497

Africa is freaking done for. Idk what’s the solution. Sometimes I be wanting outsiders to come in me take charge cause it’s shown that the government cannot govern in a moral way. We cannot find good moral people to govern out people. Everything is about personal gain. I’m so glad my parents immigrated to America otherwise idk how I would tolerate such corrupt government. Americans government is corrupt but the governments in Africa put America’s government to shame.

@timajitteh4877

It's not That the Gambia is a bad place
Why won't talk about the good things too

@omarjarju6097

The government of is very bad too much of corruptions in Gambia there is no human right they always treat peoples bad

Am so sorry gambia is not easy

@mahlonkarpaiya252

im convinced that Gambia like to have prisons that are in bad conditions as Islam dont like criminals so there is no rush to to make the place beter. I can understand. Prison is not a hotel but there are better way to make good people out of criminals. All prisons should be factories with a educational aspect to it. Train them then make them work. FEAR does not reform prisoners. I should know, i have done time. It was a waste, i did nothing. As a man i want to learn and do as much as i can. I want to help Gambian prisoners.