Lesotho ombud condemns worsening prison, mental health institutions [SOUND]

# A report by Lesotho’s Ombud, Tlotliso Polaki, titled A House Still in Ruins, warns of worsening conditions in prisons and mental health institutions. The report indicates only nine-percent of recommendations made since 2023 have been implemented. Prison populations have risen to more than two-thousand-700 inmates, with outbreaks of tuberculosis, scabies and pellagra reported. She says inmates lack basic sanitation, while conditions at Mohlomi Mental Hospital fall below international standards: