Benjilo: We lived with corpses in jail, saw rampant sodomy

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NERO 9 years ago

hmmmm…. this is bad.. i was at nsawam on a visit and i cried. No one should do something to get der.. its bad… sodomising .. wowow… this is evil

hmmmm…. this is bad.. i was at nsawam on a visit and i cried. No one should do something to get der.. its bad… sodomising .. wowow… this is evil
BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 9 years ago

THIS NDC GOVT IS MORE THAN ARMED ROBBERS SO THEIR PLACE IS NSAWAM PRISONS INSHAH ALLAH

THIS NDC GOVT IS MORE THAN ARMED ROBBERS SO THEIR PLACE IS NSAWAM PRISONS INSHAH ALLAH
ekow esuon mensah 9 years ago

wise up wai

wise up wai
Whaattt? 9 years ago

Man, it is an open fact that the Nsawam Prison is a 'hotel among Ghana prisons'.

Visit James Fort, Koforidua and other prisons and you'll understand what I'm saying

And you rightly nailed it that ' no one should do some ...
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Man, it is an open fact that the Nsawam Prison is a 'hotel among Ghana prisons'.

Visit James Fort, Koforidua and other prisons and you'll understand what I'm saying

And you rightly nailed it that ' no one should do something to land there'.
Gyasi 9 years ago

So let us all behave well in the society so that nobody goes there! Period!

So let us all behave well in the society so that nobody goes there! Period!
Truthiness 9 years ago

Why do you have to comment if u really don't need to? Do u know a lot of people end up in prison for political reasons?

Why do you have to comment if u really don't need to? Do u know a lot of people end up in prison for political reasons?
the truth 9 years ago

the prison is part of society!

the prison is part of society!
SHOE SHINE 9 years ago

IT IS NOT ONLY THE GUILTY ONES WHO ARE THERE BUT WE ALSO HAVE INNOCENT ONES THERE TOO.CONSIDER YOURSELF BEING CAUGHT IN A POLICE RAID AND BEING PLACED BEHIND BARS FOR INVESTIGATIONS.THERE ARE A LOT OF SUCH PEOPLE IN PRISON.

IT IS NOT ONLY THE GUILTY ONES WHO ARE THERE BUT WE ALSO HAVE INNOCENT ONES THERE TOO.CONSIDER YOURSELF BEING CAUGHT IN A POLICE RAID AND BEING PLACED BEHIND BARS FOR INVESTIGATIONS.THERE ARE A LOT OF SUCH PEOPLE IN PRISON.
Nzema K 9 years ago

Africa, which way next??

Africa, which way next??
Frank 9 years ago

We must all try to avoid prison. Christians must preach and lead godly lives to avoid going to prison

We must all try to avoid prison. Christians must preach and lead godly lives to avoid going to prison
OBINNA 9 years ago

CHRISTIANS ARE THE WORSE OFFENDERS. LYING TO THEMSELVES AND USING CHRISTIANITY TO COVER THEIR NEFARIOUS ACTIVITIES

CHRISTIANS ARE THE WORSE OFFENDERS. LYING TO THEMSELVES AND USING CHRISTIANITY TO COVER THEIR NEFARIOUS ACTIVITIES
ekow esuon mensah 9 years ago

u are right obinna

u are right obinna
kwakuvi 9 years ago

Muslims are worse they claim they don't drink ogogoro but they smoke wee cocaine and fuck anus more than any religious body

Muslims are worse they claim they don't drink ogogoro but they smoke wee cocaine and fuck anus more than any religious body
the truth 9 years ago

All human beings must, not only Christians.....

All human beings must, not only Christians.....
Kwadwo 9 years ago

Rev.Adu-Bonsu served his time in jail for a wrong and he is now doing God's work after learning his lessons the hard way. Some of the things he is talking about are untruths. He was never in a condemned cell so what is he tal ...
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Rev.Adu-Bonsu served his time in jail for a wrong and he is now doing God's work after learning his lessons the hard way. Some of the things he is talking about are untruths. He was never in a condemned cell so what is he talking about? Our prisons can never be four-star hotels. The authorities are doing their best to improve conditions there. People must understand the financial constraints the Service has facing over the years.
Whaattt? 9 years ago

Have you been a condemned cell before so that we can believe you?

Have you been a condemned cell before so that we can believe you?
kofi 9 years ago

Hello kwadwo ... There are places u have not been to but have knowledge of it. He has been to nsawam before and he knows what he is saying... I don't say the place should be a four star hotel but some of the things have to be ...
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Hello kwadwo ... There are places u have not been to but have knowledge of it. He has been to nsawam before and he knows what he is saying... I don't say the place should be a four star hotel but some of the things have to be corrected as some are forced to engage in sodomy not on their will...
PAM 9 years ago

Only hardened criminals should be put in prison. Mild offenders should be made to do community service instead of sending them there . This can decongest our prisons, offer the needed corrections and better facilities for pr ...
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Only hardened criminals should be put in prison. Mild offenders should be made to do community service instead of sending them there . This can decongest our prisons, offer the needed corrections and better facilities for prisoners.
Lalata 9 years ago

This guy is a lier you weren't a condemned how do you know that corpses are placed among condemned prisoners. There is a mortuary in the condemned prison.

This guy is a lier you weren't a condemned how do you know that corpses are placed among condemned prisoners. There is a mortuary in the condemned prison.
The Mentor 9 years ago

no there isn't. This article speaks the truth. The prisons are over crowded, not enough food, dirty.

no there isn't. This article speaks the truth. The prisons are over crowded, not enough food, dirty.
Nana 9 years ago

You wanted to get rich quickly and that serves you right Benjilo. Hope you are a changed man. As for Ghana prison this is a sad thing to hear.

You wanted to get rich quickly and that serves you right Benjilo. Hope you are a changed man. As for Ghana prison this is a sad thing to hear.
mensah abrampa 9 years ago

Sending people to prison or jail for a specified period only to bring them back to civil society more hardened than have ever been before incarceration is disingenuous and a crime against decent society. It defeats the purpos ...
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Sending people to prison or jail for a specified period only to bring them back to civil society more hardened than have ever been before incarceration is disingenuous and a crime against decent society. It defeats the purpose of sending miscreants and minor offenders to prison. This should not simply go away but must be thoroughly investigated and reforms recommended and instituted to prevent any future re-occurence.
the truth 9 years ago

The society itself must look in the mirror - it is as rotten as the prison itself; indeed, the prison is a microcosm of the society!!

The society itself must look in the mirror - it is as rotten as the prison itself; indeed, the prison is a microcosm of the society!!
aduanaba 9 years ago

What did you expect a five star hotel you moron

What did you expect a five star hotel you moron
Kim Woode 9 years ago

It is a prison not a hotel. Aboa

It is a prison not a hotel. Aboa
SHOW BOY 9 years ago

MY FRIEND BENJILO IS OUT AND REPENTED BUT WHAT HE IS PREACHING IS WHAT WE CALL AWARENESS.REMEMBER ONE DON'T HAVE TO COMMIT A CRIME BEFORE ONE END UP IN PRISON,ONE CAN BE A MERE SUSPECT AND THERE ARE A LOT OF SUCH INNOCENT PE ...
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MY FRIEND BENJILO IS OUT AND REPENTED BUT WHAT HE IS PREACHING IS WHAT WE CALL AWARENESS.REMEMBER ONE DON'T HAVE TO COMMIT A CRIME BEFORE ONE END UP IN PRISON,ONE CAN BE A MERE SUSPECT AND THERE ARE A LOT OF SUCH INNOCENT PEOPLE IN PRISON. A MAN IN THE USA JUST CAME OUT OF PRISON AFTER SPENDING 30 YEARS IN JAIL FOR MURDER FOR WHICH HE DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT.THE GUY WHO TESTIFIED THAT HE SAW HIM COMMIT THAT CRIME CONFESSED RECENTLY THAT HE WAS PRESSURED BY THE POLICE TO ACCUSE THE GUY FOR THE CRIME BECAUSE AT THAT TIME HE WAS A TEENAGER AND WAS NERVOUS AND SO HAVE TO GIVE IN.SO PLEASE LETS EXTEND OUR HANDS TO HELP OUR COLLEAGUES IN JAIL COS THEY ARE HUMAN BEINGS LIKE US.
Sammy 9 years ago

Please mr.president take good care for prisoners because some innocent people are suffering over there,expand the prison for the inmate to have space to sleep, they are human. Our prison need deconjuction

Please mr.president take good care for prisoners because some innocent people are suffering over there,expand the prison for the inmate to have space to sleep, they are human. Our prison need deconjuction
larripee 9 years ago

benjilo u changed a pastor!? eii wonders shall never end! u all are just pretending. attention seekers!

benjilo u changed a pastor!? eii wonders shall never end! u all are just pretending. attention seekers!
Naana 9 years ago

Reverend Benjilo said the prisons are supposed to be correctional hubs, but inmates end up being hardened criminals by the time they are released and reintegrated into society.Is he now a hardened criminal or a pastor? So l g ...
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Reverend Benjilo said the prisons are supposed to be correctional hubs, but inmates end up being hardened criminals by the time they are released and reintegrated into society.Is he now a hardened criminal or a pastor? So l guess he has become what he said.
OBINNA 9 years ago

THE POPULATION OF GHANA IS INCREASING RAPIDLY. GOVT MUST PLAN SUCH FACILITIES IN TANDEM. YOU CANNOT HAVE A SYSTEM THAT WAS BUILT FOR THE SIXTIES TO TAKE CARE OF EVENTS IN THESE DAYS. GHANA NEEDS ADDITIONAL PRISONS. CRIME IS O ...
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THE POPULATION OF GHANA IS INCREASING RAPIDLY. GOVT MUST PLAN SUCH FACILITIES IN TANDEM. YOU CANNOT HAVE A SYSTEM THAT WAS BUILT FOR THE SIXTIES TO TAKE CARE OF EVENTS IN THESE DAYS. GHANA NEEDS ADDITIONAL PRISONS. CRIME IS ON THE ASCENDENCY AND GOVT MUST TAKE THESE ISSUES SERIOUSLY.
TUNDE 9 years ago

NOTHING ABOUT GHANA PEOPLE SURPRISE ME ANYMORE..THE MEN ARE ALL HOMOSEXUALS AND THE WOMEN ARE PROSTITUTES AND SO EASY.
I HEAR THEIR UGLY VICE PRESIDENT SEF NAH GAY BOY.
GHANA PEOPLE ARE A DISGRACE TO MAMA AFRICA.
POVERTY N ...
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NOTHING ABOUT GHANA PEOPLE SURPRISE ME ANYMORE..THE MEN ARE ALL HOMOSEXUALS AND THE WOMEN ARE PROSTITUTES AND SO EASY.
I HEAR THEIR UGLY VICE PRESIDENT SEF NAH GAY BOY.
GHANA PEOPLE ARE A DISGRACE TO MAMA AFRICA.
POVERTY NO GOOD.
me 9 years ago

Tunde ur country is worse than Ghana,if not what are u doing in Ghana moron ?? Ur president yara dua was even a gay. Check it right

Tunde ur country is worse than Ghana,if not what are u doing in Ghana moron ?? Ur president yara dua was even a gay. Check it right
Oh, Obia ne ntampe wo ho ? 9 years ago

Oh, Obia ne ntampe wo ho ?

Oh, Obia ne ntampe wo ho ?
Eli 9 years ago

Tunde I hope u were raised and not bred like an animal. U have no respect all to insult Ghanaians. Where are u from actually? Pls let us know. I'm eager to know.

Tunde I hope u were raised and not bred like an animal. U have no respect all to insult Ghanaians. Where are u from actually? Pls let us know. I'm eager to know.
Agonaba 9 years ago

Krikri is ten times worse

Krikri is ten times worse
BOWONDA 9 years ago

I can take all critical comments but when it comes from a Nigerian [I hope Tunde is one], I lose my cool! Is this the same Nigeria that is in the news every minute that Tunde is talking about? Some of us know Nigeria and Nige ...
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I can take all critical comments but when it comes from a Nigerian [I hope Tunde is one], I lose my cool! Is this the same Nigeria that is in the news every minute that Tunde is talking about? Some of us know Nigeria and Nigerians well well. Mind you, I did not escape from Ghana to Nigeria! [May God forbid!].My job needed me to go there for Meetings. May the Good Lord forgive Tunde for making disparaging comments about Ghana as compared to Nigeria. Oga Tunde, if you are still hiding somewhere in Ghana carrying out your usual nefarious activities that come to your people as natural, since Ghana is that 'rotten', why don't you go back to your 'paradise' and enjoy the girls kidnapped by the Boko Haram? I understand some of the very young ones are still available to be distributed. You might get four of them! Please keep your mouth shut and enjoy the REAL HOSPITALITY Ghana has offered you over the years!
Yaw Manu 9 years ago

tunde u are very foolish and a hardened criminal What aredoing in ghana go to nigerial where you come from visit the prisons and see people eating dead people. foolish man.

tunde u are very foolish and a hardened criminal What aredoing in ghana go to nigerial where you come from visit the prisons and see people eating dead people. foolish man.
Heritage 9 years ago

You guys are insulting Nigerians or if a May say you hate Nigerians for no reason , someone can make a comment pretending to be from a different country but maybe he is a Ghanaian as I know that tunde is a frafra name for so ...
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You guys are insulting Nigerians or if a May say you hate Nigerians for no reason , someone can make a comment pretending to be from a different country but maybe he is a Ghanaian as I know that tunde is a frafra name for someone who was burn with the legs coming out first , so why all this insults on Nigerians?
Corporate Professionals in the USA 9 years ago

So when these "criminals" are released from jail, where will they go and what are they going to do? Were they rehabilitated; skill trained(mechanic, carpentry, electrician, plumber, etc)or hardened to commit more heinous crim ...
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So when these "criminals" are released from jail, where will they go and what are they going to do? Were they rehabilitated; skill trained(mechanic, carpentry, electrician, plumber, etc)or hardened to commit more heinous crimes? African are strong, smart and willing to work but their governments have have failed them miserably. In fact, it is the innocent populous that will suffer in the hands of the government-brewed criminals.
konte 9 years ago

Benji, were u sodomized? If not shut up.It is a matter of choice. If u were forcely sodomized then I will cry for u.

Benji, were u sodomized? If not shut up.It is a matter of choice. If u were forcely sodomized then I will cry for u.
GOLD 9 years ago

Kokonte, choice to do what: to go to jail or to be sodomized?

Someone has to speak for the ever-ignored prisoners, and he did, so whether he himself was a victim or not is irrelevant. You don't have to suffer yourself in o ...
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Kokonte, choice to do what: to go to jail or to be sodomized?

Someone has to speak for the ever-ignored prisoners, and he did, so whether he himself was a victim or not is irrelevant. You don't have to suffer yourself in order to speak for sufferers.

The important thing is that he brought into focus a grossly-neglected sector in governance.

We must build more prisons and segregate hardened criminals like state-coffer raiders, repeat drunk-drivers, wife beaters, murderers and armed robbers from innocuous offenders like wee smokers and cassava thieves.

Ghana needs holding facilities that have rooms for a total of at least 1 million prisoners because the crime industry is growing really fast, as successive Governments do not seem to be interested in the wholistic strategies that can help stem the canker.
kb 9 years ago

There is sense in what he is trying to put to the public,some are convicted innocently because they are poor or did not get an advocate to defend them.
Some are jailed because they are just suspects ,these people can not ...
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There is sense in what he is trying to put to the public,some are convicted innocently because they are poor or did not get an advocate to defend them.
Some are jailed because they are just suspects ,these people can not suffer like the way they are doing now.
This is not the first time somebody have voice out this conditions in ghana prisons.
The goverment should do something about it,its also part of governance.
Obed Adore 9 years ago

Benjilo, at least one person got rehabilitated; and that is you---- BENJILO... from a Criminal to a PASTOR! Wow!what an achievement! The prison system must be good to some individuals like you then!

Benjilo, at least one person got rehabilitated; and that is you---- BENJILO... from a Criminal to a PASTOR! Wow!what an achievement! The prison system must be good to some individuals like you then!
Black Pot 9 years ago

Benjilo is not truthful from his narration. The same system kept his body and soul together until he served his sentence and made him encounter Jesus to become a Pastor.

Benjilo is not truthful from his narration. The same system kept his body and soul together until he served his sentence and made him encounter Jesus to become a Pastor.
Abdul 9 years ago

If I were to be Benjilo or Pastor Adu for that matter,my ministry will serve the prisoners more instead. I know you wouldn't make much money in doing so but at least you serve God and humanity.

If I were to be Benjilo or Pastor Adu for that matter,my ministry will serve the prisoners more instead. I know you wouldn't make much money in doing so but at least you serve God and humanity.
BOWONDA 9 years ago

Abdul, thanks for your comment. I hope Benjilo is reading these comments especially yours.He must not move from an ex-drug dealer to an extortionist Pastor! You can cheat humanity sometimes but if you misuse the Name of God, ...
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Abdul, thanks for your comment. I hope Benjilo is reading these comments especially yours.He must not move from an ex-drug dealer to an extortionist Pastor! You can cheat humanity sometimes but if you misuse the Name of God, in any form, there is no way out! You will be answerable to God Himself not to the Constitution, Sergeant or the Magistrate! It's your choice!
truth 9 years ago

PASTORS across the country enough of prosperity preaching. Enough of been university vc. Christ and others prophets in the bible are not chasing worldly fleets.

PASTORS across the country enough of prosperity preaching. Enough of been university vc. Christ and others prophets in the bible are not chasing worldly fleets.
Smoking Joe 9 years ago

Ruby needs some jail time in Ghana, In fact she needs to serve her time here first before being shipped out

Ruby needs some jail time in Ghana, In fact she needs to serve her time here first before being shipped out
the lone crudader 9 years ago

Poor ghana weep not mama as every thing seems to stench for you becos of these so called socialist sharks preying every where possible . Thank you afrc /pndc/ ndc

Poor ghana weep not mama as every thing seems to stench for you becos of these so called socialist sharks preying every where possible . Thank you afrc /pndc/ ndc
luca 9 years ago

But we have 100 thousans dollars to pay rich soccer players every four or two years.ghana is broke not cos we dnt ve money..its cos the leaders are selfish

But we have 100 thousans dollars to pay rich soccer players every four or two years.ghana is broke not cos we dnt ve money..its cos the leaders are selfish
Concerned prison officer 9 years ago

Rev. Benjilo should know that he now professes to be a man of God. He served in both Nsawam and Ho prisons but none of these happened. Our prisons are overcrowded, I agree but we have not yet reached the point where corpses a ...
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Rev. Benjilo should know that he now professes to be a man of God. He served in both Nsawam and Ho prisons but none of these happened. Our prisons are overcrowded, I agree but we have not yet reached the point where corpses and living persons are placed in the same place. Our prisons also have a very low mortality rate of prisoners. so where is he getting his facts from? Yes, ocassionally drugs enter the prison but officers make all efforts to keep them out. Where an officer connives with a prisoner to brinbg in drugs the officer is handed over to police and prosecuted. I know this because I know at least two ex-prison officers who were jailed 10 years each for drugs in prison. But come to think of it, what gadgets do officers have at prison gates to check prisoners and visitos entering? Virtually nothing but their bare hands to do limited body searches with respect for decency as demanded by prison rules and regulations. And if you have drug-smuggling experts like Rev. Benjilo in prison, surely they can always outwit the unsuspecting, poorly trained and poorly equipped prison officer, especially that they even outwit advanced security systems in even well established airports. Finally, is that the way Rev. Benjilo will pay us prisons officers back after all the care we afforded him in prison where he pretended to be going blind in order for government to grant him amnesty? Since he left the prison, he has suddenly regained his full sight without any treatment. Was he being sincere then when he pretended to be going blind in prison?
nana kofi 9 years ago

what else is more horrible than your son, daughter or a family member getting hooked on drugs? who did you thaught were going to use the drugs you were caught for? i guess you wont have been happy to have seen your kids using ...
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what else is more horrible than your son, daughter or a family member getting hooked on drugs? who did you thaught were going to use the drugs you were caught for? i guess you wont have been happy to have seen your kids using them. drug addicts on the streets, especialy this part of the world, are living in nightmerish conditions worse than the jails in ghana so you better preach against what you practiced bro!its unbelievable guys like this get early parole out of their sentences.
nii arday ankrah 9 years ago

Only the poorest and the needy are kept there for long there it the riches who cheated from the poor are are not kewpt there for long in the mane of lawyers and gauges

Only the poorest and the needy are kept there for long there it the riches who cheated from the poor are are not kewpt there for long in the mane of lawyers and gauges
Cash 9 years ago

I wish the concern people involved look into this serious issue raised in this article. By this piece, if this is true then it is another form of degrading human being. Prisons are supposed to be a place where normal correcti ...
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I wish the concern people involved look into this serious issue raised in this article. By this piece, if this is true then it is another form of degrading human being. Prisons are supposed to be a place where normal corrections are done to get individuals back to the society to live a normal life. Someone has to stand up for these people in the prison.
ASH 9 years ago

Na Part of your punishment oga. You you go sell drugs and they catch you Abi.

Na Part of your punishment oga. You you go sell drugs and they catch you Abi.
freddie 9 years ago

And if live your life like wreckless npp guru wontumi it's possible you could find yourself there. And i want wontumi to experience exactly that if he keeps braking the law.

And if live your life like wreckless npp guru wontumi it's possible you could find yourself there. And i want wontumi to experience exactly that if he keeps braking the law.
Sly, U.K 9 years ago

Now that is what i call change. It looks like Benjilo has had time to reflect on the meaning of life and realises that it was never about wealth after all. If someone is listening, they will do with help from people like Benj ...
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Now that is what i call change. It looks like Benjilo has had time to reflect on the meaning of life and realises that it was never about wealth after all. If someone is listening, they will do with help from people like Benjilo to turn the prison system around.
PERSCO BA 9 years ago

This is not the KWAME NKRUMAH GHANA we grew in. This is the results of Togolese rawlinbgs and his idiots doings. The fools run the country down advocating truancy, mayhem, disobedience of authority and LAZINESS. get rich b ...
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This is not the KWAME NKRUMAH GHANA we grew in. This is the results of Togolese rawlinbgs and his idiots doings. The fools run the country down advocating truancy, mayhem, disobedience of authority and LAZINESS. get rich by stealing and killing..pimping and all that are bad for a society.

Why not use these unfortunate people in the prisons to build railway tracks from the north to south and from Axim to Tema? why not use them( employ them) on the farms as part of rehabilitations???MAHAMA IS A FOOL PAAAAAA!!!! RAWLINGS IS STUPID TOGOLESE PAAA!!!
sansan 9 years ago

Shut-up, prison was buit for people like u and Amoahteng who need not be sympathize with. I wish u guys rust in jail

Shut-up, prison was buit for people like u and Amoahteng who need not be sympathize with. I wish u guys rust in jail

Benjilo: We lived with corpses in jail, saw rampant sodomy

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