Malawi prisons
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National
UN condemns Malawi on torture
The United Nations Committee Against Torture has condemned overcrowding in the country’s prisons and continued admissibility of confessions obtained under…
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National
Guilty by association
Children require a conducive environment for their faculties to develop fully. As such, confining children to places such as prison…
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Features
Blooming from ‘concrete’ of prison
By Moses Magadza, Contributor: Give a starving man a fish and you feed him for an hour; teach him to…
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National
Congestion gets worse in prisons
By Wanangwa Chafulumira & Serah Makondetsa: Congestion continues to rise in the country’s prisons with the facilities keeping almost triple…
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Features
Reforming prisons through agriculture
When Michael Nyirenda (not real name) first entered the gates of Nkhata Bay Prison in 2015, after being convicted for…
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National
Government ignores Prisons Inspectorate report
THE reports that the Malawi Inspectorate of Prisons produces are fast turning into another resource-wasting effort as government is either…
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