Month: May 2017 Posts

Malawi faulted for imprisoning children

May 09, 2017 Luke Bisani 1 &

Starless nights of wars force them to flee to countries like Malawi where peace and tranquillity still hovers on the land but, due to conditions of the county's Prisons, the desire to have a decent… ...

No special diet for HIV positive inmates: Malawi Prisoners worried about their health

Dec 09, 2016 Thula Chisamba 44 &

Investigations Malawi24 recently conducted at Mzimba and Mzuzu prisons have established that inmates who are living with HIV are not being given balanced diet. It has also been established that due to insufficient food supply… ...

Just in: Mutharika sets free 243 prisoners

Jul 21, 2016 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 117 &

News coming through to Malawi24 indicates that Malawi President Peter Mutharika has pardoned 243 prisoners across the country's prisons. According to a statement from the the Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security this is ''a symbol… ...

Good news for prisoners and future prisoners: new law to give them a clean record

Jul 15, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 21 &

It is not really news that can make prisoners smile considering the conditions in our prisons but at least it gives a sigh of relief for the Malawians behind bars and those who will end… ...

Prisoners drilled in business skills

Jul 08, 2016 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 2 &

The Centre for Free Market Enterprise (CFME), an organisation of young entrepreneurs, says it is confident that prisoners in the country will be able to venture into businesses once they get out of the correctional… ...

Avoid prison at all costs: 2800 people squeeze into Maula in a place of 800 people

Jun 17, 2016 Martha Chikoti 54 &

If you like some space and privacy in your life then just make sure you avoid offending the law, Malawi24 can advise. Authorities at Maula Prison says the facility is congested, a situation which has… ...

Activists want inmates to have sex in prisons

Mar 24, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 296 &

Activists in the country say there is need for Malawi to allow conjugal visits from partners of inmates in prisons across the country. According to Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) communications officer, Fletcher… ...