Twenty prisoners were reportedly escaped from a prison last Sunday in Ambositra, a town 258 km south of here.
The prisoners were taking advantage of hours of visit by their relatives to run towards the exit door and threw bricks against the guards before taking the key and escaped, Les Nouvelles, a French-language daily reported on Tuesday.
This is the fourth prisoner escape in less than eight days in the island country.
Four prisoners run away from prison in Toamasina, an eastern port city 370 km northeast of here, five days ago.
Following the mass escape, the prison officials met on Monday to discuss actions that to be taken to avoid the scandals.
A big delegation from the capital city, led by the director of prisons security Rasolomanga Rakotonirina had rushed to the prison in Ambositra for reinforcements and investigation.
All officials of the 82 prisons over the island were recorded until the end of the year. All applications for holiday were denied, it was suggested to the Ministry of Justice, which is in charge of prison management.
A senior official of prison administration, who asked not to be identified, told the media here that prisons in Madagascar had not been renewed since their construction during the colonial years from 1896 to 1960.
Latest statistics issued by the prison administration showed that 17,403 prisoners now locked up in prisons while the capacity of these prisons was only 10,229.
Source: Xinhua
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