Chichiri Prison
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National
308 inmates released
The Prison Inspectorate has released 308 inmates from various prisons across the country, in a continued effort to decongest the…
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Entertainment
Two Nkhokwe Arts actors die
Blantyre-based Nkhokwe Arts which is made up of ex-inmates has lost two of its key members, who died in the…
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National
Anadkat hands over K350 million prison cell
Business captain Hitesh Anadkat has handed over a K350 million cell block to Chichiri Prison in Blantyre. Anadkat, who is…
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Features
De-incarcerating female prisoners’ menses
By Ezelina Kamaliza I never knew I would use a piece of blanket during my menses, without a source of…
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Features
Menstruating prisoner nursing cervical cancer
By Stevie Chauluka: Fellow inmates and prison warders at Chichiri Prison celebrate her with the name “Availeti” (Violet) which might…
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National
Caged from choice: prisoners plight on polls
As the clock ticks agonisingly so mightily close to Tuesday’s tripartite elections over 2,000 voters—inmates in the country’s prisons—face an…
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National
Prisoners feel sidelined from May 21 elections
By Peter Kanjere Some inmates at Chichiri Prison have complained that they are unable to access competing political parties’ manifestos…
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Features
A man who survived the noose
By Jameson Chauluka: Musician Thomas Chibade sings in one of his songs: dzina loti kundende ndilophiphiritsa, zoona zake kuno nkumanda.…
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National
Suspects left to rot in jail
The death of his wife on January 16 2014 in Mozambique, where he went to work in a tobacco farm,…
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Entertainment
Piksy sets up prison show
Piksy has, on June 9, organised a show at Chichiri Prison in Blantyre to give inmates a chance to enjoy…
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