Whawha Prison

The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has been failing to take remand prisoners to Gweru Magistrates’ Court amid indications that they are facing challenges with accessing fuel.
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One prisoner died on the spot and another was seriously injured when three hard-core criminals in transit from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison to Whawha Prison in Gweru attacked prison warders and jumped off a moving prison truck early…
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Former Minister of State for Midlands Provincial Affairs and Senator for Gokwe, Mr Jason Machaya, was yesterday admitted at Gweru Provincial Hospital after he was taken ill while in detention at WhaWha Prison.
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By Patrick Chitumba The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has moved 500 inmates at Whawha Maximum Prison Complex into holding cells at the same institution that were not affected by a hailstorm last week. ZPCS public…
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By Whinsley Masara and Patience Mutsiwi One pupil died while 19 others, including a teacher, were hospitalised following a lightning strike and destructive winds in Binga and Nkayi on Wednesday. There was anxiety at a top prison in…
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Government has approved the recruitment of 12 671 additional staff for the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services, subject to Treasury concurrence.
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SIXTEEN prison officers were injured, nine of them seriously when a truck they were travelling in was side-swiped by a haulage truck along the Gokwe-Kwekwe Road on Friday.
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