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Prisoners get Covid-19 jabs

The national Covid-19 mass vaccination programme has been rolled out in all correctional facilities across the country with at least 5 000 inmates having been vaccinated so far.

Zimbabwe Prison Service sued over death row inmates

A GROUP of lawyers doing public interest litigation for free have taken the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) to court challenging its decision to deny them access to about 90 death row inmates at Harare Remand Prison who they intend to provide legal counsel in defence of their right to life.

Jailed nursing mothers’ woes

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. Her mother, Angela Chipiti, grabs the baby, tosses her into the air before giving her […]

Serial escapee Moyo, paraded before minister

PRETORIA- Bloodied, bruised and limping, a humiliated, whimpering and grimacing Bongani Moyo, along with two fellow awaiting-trial prisoners, were paraded before cameras minutes after their arrests following their daring escape attempt.