Content_paragraphs:  Between 1 December 2020 and 1 February 2021, 311 prisoners escaped from 
  
  the Bambari, Bangassou, Bimbo women’s, Bossembélé, Bouar, Carnot, Mbaïki and 
  
  Nola prisons. While some individuals detained for serious crimes escaped from Bouar 
  
  prison, an increasing number of high-profile detainees are in Bangui prisons. Most 
  
  escapes followed attacks by armed groups or rumours of attacks, leading national 
  
  prison and security personnel to abandon their posts. This situation, exacerbated by 
  
  the underperformance of those responsible for perimeter security, is straining 
  
  MINUSCA support to prisons. On 13 January, the training of 151 prison offi cer 
  
  candidates was temporarily suspended owing to electoral violence in Bangui.