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Zimbabwe pregnant prisoners to access private maternal healthcare

The High Court has issued a landmark ruling directing prison authorities to allow pregnant inmates to access maternal health care services of their choice, ending the practice of forcing them to use government hospitals against their will.…

Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 09:53hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe prisoners sleeping on empty stomachs

Zimbabwe's prisons are grappling with a worsening humanitarian crisis, with inmates reportedly suffering from malnutrition and pneumonia due to overcrowding, poor diets, and a critical shortage of blankets and warm clothing, Parliament has…

Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:36hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter

NODE empowers prisoners with entrepreneurial skills to rebuild Lives after jail

The National Organisation for Development and Empowerment (NODE) has pledged its unwavering support to transform the lives of incarcerated individuals by equipping them with entrepreneurial skills.During a donation ceremony at Anju Prison …

Published: 02 Jan 2025 at 16:18hrs | 939 | by Nkululeko Nkomo

Lifeline for Bulawayo ex-prisoners

Inside Out Development Trust, a non-governmental organization, has launched a rehabilitation program aimed at supporting ex-prisoners to reintegrate into society and prevent them from returning to criminal activities, including drug abuse.…

Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 07:00hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi political prisoners strengthened by jail

Activists from the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), recently released from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, declared that their imprisonment has strengthened their commitment to the restoration of the Mthwakazi State.The activists made th…

Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 08:12hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Smart prison for Gwanda

GOVERNMENT is set to construct a smart prison in Gwanda with a capacity of housing 1 300 prisoners as part of efforts to decongest the prison, Justice Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Deputy Minister Nobert Mazungunye has said. President Mn…

Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:48hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Jail escapees in soup

Two Guruve prisoners who tried to escape after working at the prison farm are in soup after they were caught and charged for escaping lawful custody.Never Chirenje (42) and Sam Maiteni (34) were dragged to Guruve magistrates courts yesterd…

Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 15:11hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Guruve

Mnangagwa grants non-violent prisoners amnesty

AN amnesty has been granted to a range of prisoners serving time for non-violent offences with President Mnangagwa exercising executive clemency to release inmates who had served at least one third of their jail term by Independence Day la…

Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

4 000 prisoners granted amnesty

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has granted amnesty to at least 4 000 prisoners to ease congestion in prisons across the country.Addressing a post-Cabinet briefing yesterday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said Cabine…

Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Connemara pleads for prisoners

OFFICIALS at Connemara Open Prison in the Midlands province, said they had been rendered redundant after all 65 inmates at the institution were recently released under the Presidential Amnesty.Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPC…

Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter

Police hunt for escaped prisoner

A criminal serving a five-year jail term for theft escaped from prison guards who were monitoring him and other prisoners as they performed manual work at Zimbabwe National Army's Alphida Barracks in Chinamhora on Tuesday.Misheck Tiki (28)…

Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter

115 prisoners baptised

The Seventh Day Adventist Church has baptised 115 inmates from Mutimurefu Prison in Masvingo.The baptism, conducted this Sunday afternoon at the prison, is for those inmates who have been undergoing Bible correspondence lessons spearheaded…

Published: 30 Apr 2017 at 15:58hrs | | by Staff reporter

US pays for prisoners' release

WASHINGTON - The US State Department said on Thursday it released $400 million in cash to Iran under a tribunal settlement only once it was assured that American prisoners had been freed and had boarded a plane. "The payment of the $400 mi…

Published: 20 Aug 2016 at 09:39hrs | | by Reuters

More men suffer from sexual related illness in prison than women- Labode

MDC-T MP Ruth Labode has said research done in prisons show that more men suffer from sexual related illnesses than women an indication that men are engaging in sex in prison.According to parliament Hansard Labode said there is ample evide…

Published: 18 Feb 2016 at 05:27hrs | | by Stephen Jakes

Pardoned prisoners sing Mugabe praises

Pardoned female prisoners at Chikurubi Maximum Prison yesterday showered praises on President Robert Mugabe as they walked out of prison, thanking him for the amnesty.Female prisoners sang songs in praise of Mugabe and danced doing the but…

Published: 18 Feb 2014 at 16:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe prisoners surviving on measly meals

Zimbabwe yesterday commemorated World Humanitarian Day amid reports the country's prisoners were surviving on measly meals due to inadequate government funding.Justice and Legal Affairs deputy minister Obert Gutu told NewsDay the food shor…

Published: 17 Aug 2012 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Government should look into the plight of prisoners

The Movement for Democratic Change implores the inclusive government to urgently look at the deplorable conditions at the countryâˆšÃ‰Â¬Â¢âˆšÂ¢â€šÃ„Ã¶Â¬Â¨âˆšÂ¢â€šÃ„Ã»Â¬Â¢s prisons where prisoners across the country have been condemned to s…

Published: 19 Apr 2012 at 12:33hrs | | by MDC

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