Malawi Prison Archives

Striking prison warders assault police officers

Apr 23, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Prison warders at Chichiri Prison in Blantyre have beaten up three police officers and have also stolen their mobile phones. According to reports, the incident happened today and the police officers were taken to Queen… ...

COVID-19: CSOs demand release of prisoners

Mar 29, 2020 Luke Bisani 0 &

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Malawi have demanded the release of inmates in the country’s prisons as one way of fighting the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The five CSOs namely Paralegal Advisory Service… ...

CCJP eyes CUNIMA on Adult Diversion

Mar 17, 2020 Luke Bisani 0 &

The Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) in the Archdiocese of Lilongwe is eyeing a partnership with the Catholic University of Malawi (CUNIMA) in calling for community service sentences on petty cases as a… ...

NGO seeks to assist children of prisoners

Aug 06, 2019 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

Prison Fellowship Malawi (PFM) has rolled out an initiative that intends to assist children whose parents are ex-prisoners or are currently incarcerated in prison. The initiative dubbed Children of Prisoners project (COP) will ensure that… ...

Ex-prisoners benefit from free technical training

Feb 15, 2019 Towera Chisi - MEC Stringer 0 &

Fifty one ex-prisoners on Wednesday graduated in carpentry, tailoring and electrical installations in Balaka as so to empower them with vocational skills. The training was conducted under a project called vocational skills, training and empowerment… ...

APM frees 378 inmates

Jul 14, 2017 Bright Malenga 40 &

President Peter Mutharika has pardoned 378 prisoners as part of celebrating Malawi’s 53rd year of independence. According to a statement issued by Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security and signed by its Principal Secretary… ...

Mutharika appoints woman as Malawi prison chief

Jun 27, 2017 Archangel Nzangaya 49 &

President Peter Mutharika has appointed a female commissioner as the new Malawi Prison chief. According to information made available to this publication, Mutharika has appointed madam commissioner Wandika Phiri as the chief of all the… ...