source: Awareness Times (Sierra Leone); New Vision (Sierra Leone); Concord Times; African Young Voices; Awoko; WANEP-SL
actor1: Rioters (Sierra Leone)
actor2: Police Forces of Sierra Leone (2018-) Prison Guards
location: Freetown
notes: On 29 April 2020, prisoners demonstrated in the Pademba Road Prison of Freetown city (Western Area Urban, Western) setting fire to some buildings and clashing with the prison guards. One prison guard and 11 prisoners were killed. 29 people were also injured. The military forces were deployed to secure the area. This was reportedly an attempted prison break. [size=no report]