Food shortages hit Khami Prison

There is reported starvation at Khami Prison outside Bulawayo with relatives of inmates asked to bring food for their loved ones.

One of the relatives told this publication that they were contacted by the Prisons and Correctional Services to bring food.

"We don't know how long we would be required to bring the food but we were told to bring anything we could," said a relative.

This is not the first time the prisons have experienced food shortages.

At the height of the country's economic collapse in 2008, pictures were published of starving inmates in prisons.