GOVERNMENT HAS AGREED TO SEND A TEAM OF LAWYERS TO WESTERN LAKES STATE .




PRISONERS PLAYING CARD.



NEWS  IN RUMBEK
Western lakes state governor Makoi Bol   brief the meeting upon his arrival from juba he speaks to media about his visit is to juba is purposely to brief the government about the situation of the inmates  in western lakes state which have been in the prison without trial .
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Governor Makoi says government have agreed to sent a team of three judges to come to Rumbek to trial the inmates. the congestion made by some  inmates with different types of crimes that government should look at them .
Rumbek  prison in south Sudan has been ranks the most and the  worst of all  since it was created .because   with huge number of inmates but with  few facilities  that could not accommodate  thousand and of inmates in the prison currently  the prisons have over 760 inmates ,waiting for the justices .
The Governor Makoi says that our state has been under headlines   for negative news like  communal violence’s and cattle resulting as a culture. we need to corrects and change the behavior .

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