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Woman arrested for attempting to smuggle cellphones, cannabis into Zomba Prison

Apr 07, 2025 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

A 49-year-old woman, Esmey Hamisi from Makanjila Village in Mangochi District, is currently in custody at Zomba Police Station for attempting to smuggle eight cellphones and cannabis into Zomba Maximum Prison. According to Patricia Sipiliano,… ...

MEC calls for urgent family support to secure inmates’ voting rights

Mar 13, 2025 Ephraim Mkali Banda 0 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has emphasized the critical role of families in ensuring that incarcerated individuals do not lose their right to vote due to missing identification documents. During an inspection of the voter… ...

Sikhalo Foundation brings relief to female inmates

Mar 10, 2025 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

Lack of access to basic sanitary products remains one of the greatest challenges women inmates face in the country's prisons, depriving them of their dignity. To reduce such kind of challenges, Sikhalo Foundation, a local… ...

Chakwera pardons 22 prisoners

Dec 25, 2024 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has pardoned 22 prisoners who were serving their sentences in the country's prisons as part of Christmas celebrations. This is according to a statement issued and signed by the Secretary for Homeland… ...

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… ...