Four potentially dangerous and violent criminals who were on remand at Maula prison in Lilongwe have on Tuesday escaped after breaking the fence and cell with the help of the outsiders who believe to be their mates in the criminal gang. According to prison source, the four are linked to bank robberries and murder. “The […]
The leader and founder of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) Church, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri is constructing a fence at Mzuzu Prison, with a budget amounting to an approximate of MK10 million. On February 19 2016, the man of God, along with his entourage paid a visit to Mzuzu Prison where donations of various items were handed […]
A local NGO has bemoaned the deteriorating health standards in prisons, saying the situation is getting out of hand. Ivy Kwataine, chairperson of Centre for Human Rights Education and Advice said TB and HIV is on the rise again in Malawi prisons. “We need to do something to deal with the matter. When a person […]
Mzuzu Prison has sent an SOS, saying there will be a likelihood of airborne diseases if the situation is not brought under control. Prince Wasili, an official from the prison has since asked for fumigation chemicals to avert a possible outbreak of the airborne disease that would affect close to 800 inmates. “The situation is […]
As a gesture of goodwill, President Arthur Peter Mutharika has pardoned 207 prisoners from Malawi prisons as part of this year’s Easter Celebrations. This year’s Easter celebrations fell in March with holidays on 25th March – Good Friday and 28th March – Easter Monday. According to a statement from Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal […]
Malawi Police have intensified the hunt for seven hardcore criminals who escaped from Mangochi prison over the weekend and called on the public’s help to find them. The seven escaped from the prison after digging a hole in a prison toilet. Mangochi Police Officer in Charge Jonas Chimoto said among those who escaped are those […]
The Dowa First Grade Magistrate Court has sounded an “SOS” (Save Our Soul) asking Malawi government to take precautionary measures in addressing the appalling conditions in prisons, such as unnecessary congestion and inadequate food provision currently faced by inmates. Government spokesperson, who is also Information Minister Jappie Mhango, declined to comment on the issue. Mhango […]
A 25 year old murder suspect on full remand at Mzuzu prison has allegedly killed an inmate after the two picked a quarrel over sleeping space due to high congestion in the prison. Prison authorities said Muda Mhango allegedly killed Abel Jere, 40 who was serving a jail sentence for unlawful wounding. The officials said […]
Veteran musician-cum-legislature Lucius Banda has said homosexuality is rampant in Malawi prisons, saying during his seven month stay at Zomba maximum prison some years back, he intervened by asking authorities to remove all teenage boys whom older prisoners took for ‘wives.’ Banda told Radio Maria recently that as leader of Catholics in prison, he was […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has pardoned 230 prisoners from the country’s overcrowded jails under an amnesty to mark Christmas and New Year, the home affairs ministry said on Wednesday. ”The pardon of the 230 prisoners is a symbol of forgiveness during the Christmas and New Year Celebrations,” it said in a statement. The pardoned prisoners […]
Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister Samuel Tembenu has been accused of lying after he told a delegation of European Union that inmates at Mzimba Prison would now start getting three meals a day. Inmates at the prison said it was mockery for Tembenu to tell donors lies. “We are still eating once a day,“ said […]
A child advocacy group has bemoaned the number of babies in prisons who accompany their mothers who are either on full remand or are serving a sentence. Child rights advocacy and paralegal centre executive director Alfred Sesa said his organisation wants to get such mothers out of prison. “We are appealing in some of these […]
Whether guilty or innocent, people jailed in the country’s prisons are still people. Their cries for help should not go ignored. Officials from Prison services have pressed an alarm button over the increasing death rate of convicts due to preventable diseases. Prison official Ian Chadza said it was pathetic that prisoners are dying due to […]
Chief Commissioner Prisons in Malawi Kennedy Nkhoma has been relieved of his duties with immediate effect, Nyasa Times has learnt. According to highly placed sources from the Home Affairs and Internal Security Ministry, Nkhoma, ex-husband to second deputy Speaker of Parliament Esther Mcheka Chilenje, Monday late afternoon received an instruction from authorities that he must stop acting […]
Malawi Prisons is demanding qualified teachers in the country’s jails to teach prisoners preparing to sit for the Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE). Evans Phiri, spokesperson for prisons said this after 68 prisoners passed this year’s MSCE out of 102 who sat for the examination. The prisoners did not do well though compared to […]
Malawi government has announced plans to construct a new maximum prison at Chitedze in Lilongwe after concerns of overcrowding in prisons and degrading conditions. Rumphi East MP, Kamlepo Kalua (People’s Party -PP) asked Minister of Finance Goodall Gondwe and Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security Atupele Muluzi why there has been no allocation of […]
High Court Judge Redson Kapindu has rejected a plea by convicted businessman Oswald Flywell Lutepo to be given special privileges in jail. Lutepo was on Monday June 15, 2015 convicted on his own plea of guilty on charges of money laundering and conspiracy to defraud government of K4.2 billion (US$9.3 million) between April and September […]
Mzuzu Prison Officers on Monday this week recaptured a 23 year old fugitive who escaped from custody about two years ago. The recapture of the fugitive followed a tip from well-wishers about his whereabouts in the city. Joseph Chirwa, 23, of Maona Village, T/A Mtwalo in Mzimba District, escaped from Mzuzu Prison on May 4, […]