it's not easy to get out of maalla prison Jackie andala did he was a youth leader from Moyes katumi a politician who was planning to run for president in 2021 a court gave him a 2-year sentence for inciting violence after he called for a political protest he says he paid nearly $1,000 to be able to stay in what's known as the VIP wing and to be spared this it's how most of maa's more than 12 th000 inmates sleep rights groups say more than 34 of them have never been tried in court for a normal prisoner Malala is a corridor of death there are no Humane conditions in which one can survive we have to say it clearly that to go to Malala as a normal person today is going to die there's no water and barely any food I saw it for myself and it's true during Mondays attempted jailbreak the government says more than 120 people were killed activists say the number's probably higher Witnesses say some were crushed but most were shot dead when running for the gate security commanders and officials have been driving up and down the road leading to the prison ever since but little information has been released about what happened the prison is just a couple of blocks away from here but we can't film any closer because there's still a hi and security presence in the neighborhood one of the things we've learned from everyone we've spoken to who's been inside is that the only way inmates can get any rest bite from the extremely tough conditions is if they pay money to bosses among the prisoners and to the prison guards and the only way they can get enough to eat or clean water to drink is if relatives bring food and water from outside those who are less fortunate and don't have any external support are at higher risk of becoming among the several people who inmates say die every day from malnutrition and disease this video was published by a journalist in July after he was jailed in maalla for 6 months it prompted outcry and the Justice Minister launched a program to release prisoners he's blamed magistrates for since condemning even more people to the prison and for triggering Monday's attempted Jailbreak by irregularly releasing some prisoners in the middle of the night since I started releasing prisoners how many people have been sent here again here we'll know the real Act of sabotage that happened I'll punish them Jackie says he was fortunate that the government released him early under mounting political pressure he says his friend Isaac Kuku had nearly finished his 10-year sentence but he was killed in Monday's violence Malcolm Webb Al jazer Kinshasa democratic Republic of Congo make sure to subscribe to our channel to get the latest news from Al jazer