Surviving MACA: Life Inside Côte d’Ivoire’s Toughest Prison | Free Documentary

Relegated to the outskirts of Abidjan, between the working-class district of Yopougon and the Banco rainforest, the Abidjan Prison and Correctional Facility (MACA) lies hidden from view, in the shadows of the Ivorian capital. Built following a European model in the 1970s, this penitentiary institution, the largest in Côte d'Ivoire, houses up to 5,000 inmates, despite an original capacity of 1,500. Yet, daily life is organized, and a certain stability prevails within MACA.

Through portraits of guards and inmates from different sections of the prison, this documentary offers the first filmed immersion into the heart of this system of conflicting solidarities.

ISLAM SAVES

I also adhere to La Cosa Nostra culture,..Brooklyn, 20th Ave GS crew,. Colombos,..Morte Prima Di Disonore

La manière dont un peuple traite ses prisonniers et les gens les plus faibles est une réflexion sur le peuple entier.
On ne doit jamais déshumaniser un être humain.
Dieu seul nous jugera.
J’irai un jour dans cette prison pour aider un jeune, une jeune fille ou seulement un être humain.

Great documentary , appreciate also the ending song from Senegal 🇸🇳

Kotor

This prison is everything except though. Everyone is chilling 😅. I've seen worst here. Come to my country you will see 😢

They talked nicely to them because they are front of camera

One good thing is that these inmates are presentable, they do not have gross dreadlocks or braids or weaves attached to their Bald Heads ! Thank you men !...

This is one of the most boring docs in these series 😢

Great documentary. Thank you.

Montre mabio 😢

Fast?? They already of verge of starving !!

It's worse in Senegal, and they will never allow cameras in.

Gbangban by Issa Sanogo. Thats all

Yeah, exactly. People not respect you because you force people to respect you because that doesn’t got no choice. It’s not like on the street or in the house where you leave you respect the person because you are respecting because you know for a long time but a respect you got it’s not real it’s fake. I thought you know that but I’ll find out now. You don’t know no they don’t respect you because you’re not doing something good you fast in this people and that’s a fact I can see that on the video and who made a video God bless them because they done a good video so oh human being can seewhat happening in your countries who made a video of Frank very very much for that. God bless you bro.

Avec quelques rééducations tu pourras utiliser ton bras arrête dr prendre ca comme prétexte pour récidiver il ya pire

Une peinture sera la bienvenue vous avez pas de gens du bâtiment là-bas👇 sérieux c est abusé et triste une aussi grande prison force à tous💪💪

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People talkin bout american prisons are cake walks compared to this are idiots. SA is rampant amongst those who cant protect themselves, then they prey on people with sex crimes, and homosexuality is glorified. Ivory Coast wont allow it 🤔
American prisons starve the inmates too, and all the problems they face we face here.

Old state of MACA prison

This is a place where time literally doesn't exist. There are calendars for 2009, 2012, 2013, and 2014 all in displayed the Governor's office.

Looks pretty relaxed in there wandering about the grounds.
The lack of food is the tough part that and the cleanliness

You need to check Togo's. The conditions there are deplorable.

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Intéressant. C'Est absurde l'absence d'humanisme que les autorités ont même pour des personnes qui ont faussé dans leur vie.

I thought prison in us was bad 🥵🥵

Criminals went to prison just to say what it's like there. There Aint no suburb type living

Banko Forest is not this big 😂

i hope get some help after this

😢😢😢

AGAIN; Education means everything !!

Meanwhile in North America they are not sure what is a woman. Clown world

What are the CATS in for ???

Pas sure

Yopougon

Again...humans are animals. The hippos and elephants totally disagree with lions supposedly being kings and even make lions run from them .
😆

franchement ce donc est juste magnifique le fait de ne pas le "polluer" de narration inutile lui donne toute sa splendeur.

Ps : Je suis un ivoirien ;)

This prison is wonderful compared to Bangkok Hilton or the Manila prison.

Holly God

How can they get mobile phone?

That's not a prison, that's low class housing

Ce documentaire date de 2013-2014 et ces personnes vivaient déjà dans une grande précarité.
Imaginez aujourd'hui (10ans après) comment ça doit être pire.
Quelle tristesse. Ces pauvres bb qui vivent ds un lieu rempli de moustiques.
L'Etat devrait penser à améliorer les conditions de vie des prisonniers de la MACA😢💔

You wanna eat what you want? Stay out of jail/prison simple as that 🤷🏽‍♂️

ce reportage n'a rien à voir avec la réalité, prison insalubre ou l'on retient les opposants politiques qui meurent dans des conditions effroyables

Thanks you🎉

some of them look so sympathetic I wonder what they did to end up there 😮😢

Je les regarde et je réalise qu’à la loterie de la vie Dieu m’a bénit