Chikurubi Maximum Prison

Jazz songbird Dudu Manhenga has revealed that life was not rosy for her after her release from prison, as she was rejected by business partners as she got a taste of the stigma that ex-convicts face after their release from jail.
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In most cases, when a man is jailed for a long period, his world comes down crashing on him, and all hopes and dreams about life fade away.
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An inmate who escaped from Chikurubi Maximum Prison after getting help from prison officers has been captured and slapped with a further four years in prison.
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Senior prison officers at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in Harare allegedly assisted a convict to escape from prison in a bid to hide potentially incriminating information known by the prisoner, the court heard yesterday.
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By Anesu Chakabva The clock is on 3 o'clock in the afternoon, a prison officer unlocks the gate and Rukudzo (not her real name), who was impatiently waiting on the other side, leaps straight into her mother's welcoming arms, giggling.…
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By Bridget Mananavire Scores of prisoners face a health risk after Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals (Parirenyatwa) threatened to cut off medical services to Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) over a $567 000 debt.…
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Firebrand pro-democracy activist Linda Masarira has vowed to appeal her conviction and 18 month sentence by a Mbare magistrate's court on Wednesday. Mbare magistrate Stanmore Mambanje found Masarira guilty of obstructing traffic…
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By Bridget Mananavire Activists cleric Evan Mawarire has been condemned to a section which shelters dangerous prisoners at the Chikurubi Maximum Prison. Mawarire who was denied bail on Friday following his arrest on charges of…
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By Bridget Mananavire Zimbabwe’s largest jail, the Chikurubi Maximum Prison, is holding about 100 mental health patients who have not committed crimes but are kept as inmates as the country struggles to provide drugs and decent shelter…
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HARARE - Prisoners accused of masterminding the unprecedented food riots at Chikurubi Maximum Prison, that left five dead, told the court harrowing tales of physical and emotional torture and “deaths” at the hands of the country’s prison…
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