The jailbreak at Kakata Central Prison (KCP) on Sunday, September 20, 2026, didn’t happen. It followed too many early warnings and growing tensions. A Verity News investigation gathered firsthand details, including credible reports and circumstances, from a top-level insider who has chosen not to remain silent about what led to the September 20 massive jailbreak, where over 100 notorious criminals, including drug, rape, murder, and armed robbery convicts and suspects, escaped. Our top-level firsthand source prefers anonymity. To date, seventy-seven (77) notorious criminals are on the run, according to the Liberia National Police. How did it start? An inmate’s reported death sparked tensions inside KCP.
According to an insider, on Friday, September 18, 2026, something terrible happened at Kakata Central Prison. An inmate reportedly died in prison from suffocation amid severe overcrowding. The truth is that Kakata Central Prison is as overcrowded as Monrovia Central Prison, which often poses severe, life-threatening risks to the safety and well-being of inmates.
What happened afterwards on Friday?
The death triggered panic, fear, and uneasiness among inmates. They began resisting and demanded improved correctional conditions. During that time, there were also quarrels about a cell phone being smuggled into the prison cell. The jailbreak should have actually happened earlier than Sunday, because the inmates almost overpowered the handful of security guards who were on assignment at Kakata Central Prison when the incident happened on Friday.
Tensions flared. So, they quickly requested backup to calm things down. The Liberia National Police (LNP) was fully briefed about what had happened, including the inmate’s death, which generated serious tension (anger and protest) inside the prison. A backup team of heavily armed Police Support Unit (PSU) and Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) personnel was dispatched that same Friday. They arrived at the correctional facility in Margibi County and calmed the situation before leaving the same day.
The police did not officially announce that an inmate had died. To date, that information is secret. Then came Sunday, September 20, 2026, the jailbreak day. The inmates requested sunbathing and fresh air, a routine at almost every correctional facility in Liberia. When their request was approved, only two officers were on assignment. Apparently, the inmates had already planned to break out of jail, largely due to the Friday incident.
When it was obvious that they could overpower the two officers, they did not hesitate to do so. They overpowered them and successfully opened the main gate of the Kakata Central Prison in Liberia. That’s how over 100 notorious prisoners, including rapists, murderers, drug traffickers, armed robbers, among others, escaped.
Who is responsible for this mass jailbreak?
This is not the first time a jailbreak has happened at Kakata Central Prison. Another jailbreak happened on September 8, 2024, and 47 notorious prisoners escaped. To date, no head, no tail. The Ministry of Justice only released a big press statement saying, “There was a breach in the security system.” So, who accounts for this other “breach” again?
Even though 22 inmates have been recaptured and re-arrested, 77 of them are still on the run, according to police spokesman Sam Collins. Will there be any accountability this time around? This paper hopes so. A US$336 million drug suspect, Michael Brown, also “mysteriously” disappeared from that same prison. To date, no one has been held accountable.
A question to also ponder: Could a coordinated conspiracy and a compromised security system be behind the repeated jailbreaks at Kakata Central Prison? This is what we know so far about the jailbreak at Kakata Central Prison in Margibi County. (Credit: Verity Online News).
