Chikurubi Maximum Security prison

Fears of the outbreak of waterborne diseases abound at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison where male inmates have gone for over a week without clean water. While the male section of the penitentiary has been experiencing erratic water supply…
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By Fungai Lupande A prison officer at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison who is accused of stealing ammunition from his workplace before teaming up with armed robbers in a spree of robberies in Harare pleaded not guilty when his trial…
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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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By Tatenda Dewa | Harare Bureau | Female prisoners on Friday evening ran riot at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, protesting against bad treatment by jail officials, according to an activist group, #Tajamaka. Sylvanos Mudzvova,…
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By Tendai Rupapa A Harare magistrate has directed a State witness in the case in which jailed Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura is accused of masterminding a foiled jailbreak at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison,…
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By Zvamaida Murwira The jailbreak attempt by inmates at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in March last year was not politically-motivated as claimed by senior prison officials, but was spawned by food shortages, Parliament heard…
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By Tarisai Machakaire HARARE - Starved prisoners at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison resorted to trapping rats for survival in the cells as the institution was failing to meet their dietary needs, a court heard on Thursday. This…
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United Family International Church leader Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa and his wife Prophetess Ruth this week donated food to Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison and handed over a water system they constructed at the prison’s farm. Both…
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By Fungai Lupande HARARE - Prison officers begged for tea from jailed Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura, who was regarded as a godfather at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, the court heard yesterday.…
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