Month: December 2024 Posts

Prison Officer foil an attempt to smuggle cannabis into cells

Dec 11, 2024 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Zomba Maximum Prison Officer foiled an attempt by a woman who concealed cannabis into a meal meant to be smuggled into prison cells for her 39-year-old husband, who is serving a life sentence for murder… ...

MHRC report exposes persistent human rights violations in Malawi’s detention centres

Oct 24, 2024 Ephraim Mkali Banda 0 &

A recent report by the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has shed light on ongoing human rights abuses within Malawi's prisons and police cells, highlighting the persistence of overcrowding and neglect of vulnerable groups. Despite… ...

New prison facilities allow prisoners to make calls, send, receive money

Aug 27, 2024 Manson Msukwa 0 &

The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) has granted inmates access to make calls, as well as to send and receive money through a partnership with the Commissary System. This was reported by the Harare… ...

Mkaidi wathawa ku ndende ya Zomba

May 21, 2024 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Akulu akulu a ndende ya Zomba atsimikiza kuti mkaidi m’modzi wa zaka 33 wathawa pomwe amagwira ntchito lero Lachiwiri. Malinga ndi m’modzi mwa akuluakulu a ndendeyi a  Harrings Nyalubwe wazindikira mkaidi othawayu ngati Jimu Jabu.… ...

Two women nabbed for attempting to smuggle 68 sim cards into Zomba Central Prison

Jan 24, 2024 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Police in Zomba district have arrested  two women for allegedly attempting to smuggle 68 sim cards into Zomba Central Prison. Deputy Public Relations Officer for Zomba Police Station Sergeant Aaron Chilala has confirmed to Malawi24… ...

Amayi awiri akwidzingidwa pofuna kulowetsa ma sim card 68 ku ndende ya Zomba

Jan 24, 2024 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

“Hallo, ndapatsidwa ndalama yokwana K500,000 ndi m’bale wanu kuti ndikutumizileni, nde kuti ikufikeni munditumizile kaye K50,000”: Amayi awiri ochanuka m'maso adzikapatsilidwa nsima pa zenera ku polisi ya Zomba chifukwa chofuna kulowetsa ma simu kadi okwana… ...

Prisons Service says not all prisoners have had their sentences reduced

Jan 10, 2024 Synd Kalimbuka 0 &

The Malawi Prisons Service (MPS) has disputed reports that the institution, using a presidential order, has given a General Amnesty to all in-mates by reducing their respective sentences by six months as a measure to… ...