Zimbabwe moves towards modern prison reforms with introduction of parole system in 2025

In a progressive move aimed at aligning with global standards, Zimbabwe is set to introduce a parole system in 2025, signaling a shift in focus from punitive incarceration to rehabilitation and reinte...

Zimbabwe prisons get renamed

TWO prisons in Zimbabwe, Connemara Open Prison and Marondera Female Open Prison have been renamed to correctional institutions.The Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional Services in a statement on X...

You can't 'negotiate' for reforms with a criminal government!

Here is a picture. Let us say, for instance, information minister Monica Mutsvangwa - in her press conference a week ago, responding to the Gold Mafia exposé being aired by Al Jazeera - had s...

Sikhala living like a rat at Chikurubi Prison

INCARCERATED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmaker, Job Sikhala says inmates in the country's correctional institutions were living under inhumane conditions cramped like rats.He challe...

Mnangagwa's wife officially opens female prison

Zimbabwe made history yesterday by being the first country in SADC to open a female open prison.The open prison gives credence to Zimbabwe's drive to modernise prison and correctional services...

Zimbabwe, Botswana sign MoU on convicts

CABINET has approved two Memoranda of Understanding between Zimbabwe and Botswana that will see citizens convicted in either country opting to serve their sentences in their home country. In a...

99 inmates on death row

THE country's prisons and correctional institutions are struggling to provide essential services to inmates amid revelations that they have 19 000 prisoners against a holding capacity of 17 000 with 9...

Zimbabwe, Mozambique sign deal on prisoners

Zimbabwe and Mozambique yesterday signed a Memorandum of Agreement that will see prisoners from either country being repatriated to serve their jail sentences in their home country. Vice President Emm...