State Prison - not a place you want to find yourself in

Another trip, another tour of a legacy of colonial times. This prison, originally English, is over 100 years old. The goat out front wandered in the front gate as I was taking the picture. Bit of a ruckus getting it to leave. This prison is situated on a fairly large plot of land, so there is plenty of room to sit outside, and a few shade trees. Those are the only good points. No beds, mattresses, sleeping pads or mosquito nets. A few use old burlap bags for blankets. Wash is hung on the barbed wire to dry in the sun. The building with corrugated tin roof is the kitchen, where everything is cooked over a wood fire. Notice the pots cooking on fires dug into the ground. The larger room is a communal cell. The bank of cells are for the 8 condemned prisoners. They're usually not out during the day. All in all, typical of prisons here. Associates assure me conditions are far, far worse in some other countries in Africa.