RSS 2.0 FeedNovember 2011 Volume 38, Parliament and Politics
Zimbabwe Senate Human Rights Committee Tours Zimbabwe Prisons
Justice Ministry Permanent Secretary David Mangota recently said the country was losing millions of dollars in taxpayer money due to serious over-crowding in remand prisons
Senate Human Rights Thematic Committee Chairman Misheck Marava, senator for Zaka, said conditions in Zimbabwean prisons have greatly improved from 2007 and 2008, when prisoners were often severely affected by the country's profound economic woes.
Marava said that since last year his committee has been touring prisons and members are currently investigating conditions in Bulawayo and Matabeleland North provinces.
Zimbabwe has 42 prisons with a holding capacity of 17,000 inmates. At present such penal institutions hold just 14,600 - 3,500 of them in remand custody awaiting trial.
Justice Ministry Permanent Secretary David Mangota recently said the country was losing millions of dollars in taxpayer money due to serious over-crowding in remand prisons.
