Chancy Gondwe, an inmate at Nkhotakota Prison, has taken Cosmas Meja to court for allegedly taking advantage of his position as a prison warder to snatch his (Gondwe’s) wife, Esther. Explaining the issue during this year’s Human Rights Day Commemoration on Tuesday, Gondwe expressed surprise that the Judiciary was not taking up his case. He […]
As part of activities commemorating Malawi’s 51 years of independence on Monday July 6, President Peter Mutharika has pardoned 268 prisoners. According to a statement from Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security said those pardoned “have served at least half of their prison sentences, with good behaviour and were not convicted of serious offences.” […]
A youth outfit within the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Saturday donated various items to inmates at Mzuzu Central Prison worth K2 million kwacha. They donated 50 bags of maize, 10 bales of sugar, 2 cartoons of laundry soap, 2 cartons of body lotion and 450 plastic plates. Leader of the delegation Kevan Tchali said the DPP […]
The World Bank Youth Network-Malawi (WBYN- Malawi) in collaboration with the Administration of Zomba Maximum Security Prison on Sunday organized a Career Guidance to assist the qualified prisoners in courses’application for University of Malawi admission. As part of the program, the WBYN members encouraged the prisoners to apply for University Admission, Supported the prisoners in the choices […]
Malawi Prisoners can sing. Listen to song recorded by inmates at Zomba Maximum Prison. “Please Don’t Kill My Child” is the promo track off the Zomba Prison Project – “I Have No Everything Here” OUT 01/27/15. Full article can be accessed on this link: http://noisey.vice.com/blog/i-have-no-everything-here-compilation-interview
As workers in the country’s judiciary continue boycotting work to force government to increase their monthly salaries, the number of inmates at Mzuzu Prison has doubled, exerting pressure on the prison’s resources. Regional Public Relations Officer for Prison Service in the North, Austin Mwasangwale, said if courts were functioning, the pressure could have eased. He […]
By Flavour Mazinga, Nyasa Times A prisoner serving a 1 year and 6 months sentence. Simeone Theu is battling for his life at Rumphi district hospital after a prison warder hit him in the private parts and got them severely injured. Theu collapsed evening hours of Wednesday after a prison warder identified as Sergeant Limbani […]
Malawi Vice President Khumbo Kachali has lived to his pledge by presenting a donation of 51 inches Plasma TV, a bull and five bales of sugar to Mzuzu Prison. But Prison officials said they do not know what to do with the TV saying they have no hall. “We don’t know how we are going to […]
Malawi’s Chief Commissioner of Prison Services Macdonald Chaona has been found dead at his home in Zomba. His death is a suspected heart attack. “He died peacefully in his sleep at home in Zomba Friday night,” said Prison Spokesperson, Evance Phiri. According to prison spokesman, Chaona’s body has been taken to Malawi’s College of Medicine in Blantyre where […]