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Inmates trade sugar, porridge for weed

GWANDA - Two serving prison inmates, Hloniphani Mkwananzi (42) and Tiisetse Ngulube, have been sentenced to 15 months in prison for trading food items received from relatives in exchange for cannabis.The items included four packets of suga…

Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 16:01hrs | 561 | by Gideon Madzikatidze

2 inmates escape from prison

Two inmates have escaped from Mutimurefu Prison in Masvingo, the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) has confirmed.The escapees, Feliciano Simango (also known as Fidelis Jorum Mauyangwe) and Never Matoma, managed to break free…

Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 06:53hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter

275 inmates baptised at Khami Prisons

In a remarkable display of faith and transformation, a record 275 inmates at Khami Remand and Medium Prisons were baptised last week, marking a significant milestone in their journey of reformation and rehabilitation. The baptism, led by t…

Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 11:23hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe prison officer ropes in inmates for illegal mining

Imagine a scene where one man, dressed in the distinctive green uniform of the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS), stands out among three others in stark white prison garb. This ZPCS officer, supposed to supervise inmates te…

Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 07:03hrs | 965 | by Staff reporter

Inmates wallow in jail without trial

NEARLY a quarter of the country's prison population is awaiting trial, with revelations that some have been in remand for more than three years.Latest data from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStats) show that out of 21 619 pri…

Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Inmates 'strangle' jailed MDC Alliance activist

IN a bizarre development, incarcerated MDC Alliance youth leader and pro-democracy activist Makomborero Haruzivishe is being strangled in his sleep by fellow inmates at Harare Central Prison.This was revealed by MDC Alliance spokesperson F…

Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

COVID-19 hits vaccinated Ingutsheni staff, inmates

INGUTSHENI Central Mental Hospital in Bulawayo has recorded 15 COVID-19 positive cases among its staff and inmates although they are fully vaccinated.The issue was confirmed yesterday by Ingutsheni Hospital chief executive Nemache Mawere, …

Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter

71 inmates test positive to COVID-19

SEVENTY-ONE people at the Beitbridge isolation centre as of yesterday tested positive to COVID-19 with 59 of them being local cases referred from the district hospital, it has emerged.This was revealed in the latest International Organisat…

Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter

84 inmates on Zimbabwe death row

EIGHTY-FOUR inmates at Harare Central Prison are on death row, H-Metro is informed.In an interview, the Prison Officer in Charge Assistant Commissioner Never Kambizi said 84 inmates were condemned while three inmates escaped prison at the …

Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 17:53hrs | | by Staff reporter

NAC assesses sexual behaviour of prison inmates

The National AIDS Council (NAC) has embarked on a survey to assess sexual behaviour of prison inmates as well as drug abuse, to ascertain whether there is HIV transmission in prisons. Speaking during a workshop with journalists in Kwekwe, …

Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo prisons release 662 inmates

A total of 699 prisoners have been freed from Bulawayo, Hwange, Victoria Falls prisons following the Presidential amnesty, amid calls for society to accept them.The prisoners who were serving for various offences were all smiles as they le…

Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

WATCH: Joy as inmates freed

THERE was jubilation at Mlondolozi Mental and Female Prison housed at Khami Complex as 40 female inmates who benefited from the Presidential Amnesty were released to go home yesterday.The inmates were freed on a clemency order issued by Pr…

Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter

16 spared death sentence

At least 16 inmates escaped the hang man's noose when their death penalties were commuted to life after President Mnangagwa pardoned thousands of prisoners across the country in a bid to decongest prisons.There were 101 inmates on death ro…

Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 22:39hrs | | by Staff reporter

'Distribute condoms to prisoners'

Government must make tough decisions to curb further prevalence of HIV and Aids among groups hardest hit by the disease, health stakeholders have said. These decisions include distribution of HIV prevention options such as condoms to priso…

Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe death row inmates baptised

Fifteen condemned inmates were among the 280 prisoners who were baptised at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison yesterday.The death row inmates said after baptism that they had turned a new leaf in their lives.The born again prisoners had a …

Published: 23 Nov 2014 at 18:29hrs | | by Staff reporter

Open jail for Zim female inmates

The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) plans an open prison system for female inmates, including those on death row, ZPSC Commissioner-General Retired Major-General Paradzai Zimondi has said.In an interview after making a pr…

Published: 16 Jul 2014 at 09:18hrs | 1 | by Nyemudzai Kakore

Ambulance used to ferry inmates

BUSINESS at the Gweru courts has been at a standstill since Tuesday after the Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional Services failed to transport prisoners from Wha Wha prison due to lack of fuel. The dire situation emerged on Tuesday when priso…

Published: 19 Jun 2014 at 06:27hrs | 3 | by Caroline Magenga

Zim jail break duo implicates prison guards

TWO daring inmates who were incarcerated for armed robbery and illegal possession of a firearm escaped from Khami Prison recently after being sent to fetch water by a prison warder. Bigboy Chauke, 27, and Calisto Dube, 34, yesterday appear…

Published: 30 Apr 2014 at 07:05hrs | | by Plaxcedes Hove

Prison officers cash-in smuggling drugs, mobile phones to inmates

ZIMBABWE'S prisons have now become a hotbed of corruption with allegations of abuse, bribery and even contraband smuggling by warders, according to claims from inmates and some prison guards.Sources at Bulawayo Central Prison, popularly kn…

Published: 27 Oct 2013 at 03:01hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter

Terrorists among 22 inmates who escaped Niger prison during unrest

Niamey - Several "terrorists" were among 22 inmates who escaped a prison in the Niger capital Niamey during unrest in which three guards were killed, the government said on Sunday.They included Cheibane Ould Hama of Mauritania, who was con…

Published: 03 Jun 2013 at 04:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter

80% of inmates in Binga and Hwange prisons facing rape charges

A parliamentary committee on Human Rights has revealed that an estimated 80 percent of inmates in Hwange and Binga prisons are facing rape charges.Committee chairperson Misheck Marava told Senate on Tuesday that there was need to investiga…

Published: 29 Mar 2012 at 12:10hrs | | by Thomas Jubane

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