We have a holding capacity of 17 000, but we have been holding over 19 000 prisoners," Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service spokeswoman Priscilla Mthembo tells the Herald. Food shortages have ...

Zimbabwe’s prisons have a capacity of 17,000 but hold more than 20,000 inmates. Former prisoners have in the past complained about overcrowding and other harsh conditions such as a lack of food ...

Zimbabwe’s prisons have a capacity of 17,000 but hold more than 20,000 inmates. ... Most of the time we would eat food prepared without cooking oil,” said the 71-year-old, ...

Government handpicks Agrifora to feed security forces... but the deal stabilises food supply in the army, police and prison service ...

Harare, Zimbabwe – For convening what the police called an illegal gathering in Harare’s central business district, Parere Kunyenzura stayed 187 days in a prison cell last year without trial.

Wilson Femayi was wrongly convicted and sent to prison for a crime he didn’t commit. He had just graduated from Bible college ...

Moses Chihobvu, head of the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services agency, told reporters, “We had 24,000-plus prisoners inside. ... but also in the savings gained from food and medical care.

HARARE – Zimbabwe has begun releasing more than 4,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty that authorities say will help ease congestion in some overcrowded jails. About 800 prisoners were ...

Zimbabwe’s prisons have a capacity of 17,000 but hold more than 20,000 inmates. Former prisoners have in the past complained about overcrowding and other harsh conditions such as a lack of food ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe has begun releasing more than 4,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty that authorities say will help ease congestion in some overcrowded jails.About 800 ...

Zimbabwe has begun releasing more than 4,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty that authorities say will help ease congestion in some overcrowded jails. About 800 prisoners were released ...