DR Congo: UN to build safe detention facilities for women pending trial Prison conditions throughout the DRC are well below international standards September 2010 – United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are building detention facilities in the country’s troubled east to ensure that female detainees are safely and securely housed while they await trial. The new facilities, which will house about 50 inmates and be located near the public prosecutor’s office … [Read more...]