Monrovia, Sept. 29 -- Sawabenu, a rule-of-law civil society organization, is raising grave concern over the mass jailbreak at the Kakata Central Prison in Margibi County on Sunday, 20 September 2026.

By J.H. Webster Clayeh -websterclayeh@frontpageafricaonline.com

More than 100 inmates reportedly escaped from the Kakata Central Prison on Sunday evening, triggering a massive manhunt across Kakata and surrounding communities, as the Ministry of Justice confirmed a jailbreak and announced an ongoing search-and-recapture operation.

In a statement issued Sunday, September 20, the Ministry of Justice confirmed that a number of inmates had escaped from the facility, while noting that the Bureau of Corrections and Rehabilitation was still verif...