Côte d’Ivoire: UN condemns nation's prison conditions

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cote d'Ivoire issued a scathing report on the country's penitentiary system, saying people were being held in overcrowded, unsanitary, crumbling prisons, with severe malnutrition a leading cause of death. The report also cited extended provisional custody, lack of health care and aging infrastructure as among the problems in Cote d'Ivoire's 33 prisons.