Prison Archives

Akaidi a mndende 62 alemba nawo mayeso a MANEB a PSLCE

May 23, 2025 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 0 &

Nthambi ya ndende ya Malawi Prison Service yati ophunzira okwana 62 a mndende ndi omwe alemba nawo mayeso a Malawi National Examination Board (MANEB) a standard 8 chaka chino. Mneneli wa nthambi ya Ndende a… ...

JB Foundation donates food, assorted items to Domasi Prison

May 03, 2025 Raphael Likaka 0 &

The Joyce Banda Foundation International has donated food and non-food items to Domasi Prison in Zomba, aiming to improve the lives of prisoners. The donated items include bags of rice and maize, cooking oil, soya… ...

Rumors swirl around pardon of wildlife criminal Lin Yunhua

Apr 22, 2025 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Rumours are circulating that Lin Yunhua, an international wildlife criminal serving a 14-year jail term at Dedza prison, is among the 21 inmates pardoned by President Lazarus Chakwera last Friday. Sources within the prison, who… ...

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… ...