Zimbabwean Prisoners Facing Starvation

Thousands of inmates in the country's overcrowded prisons are facing starvation due to lack of funds, a top government official says.
  • Zimbabwe:   Prisoners Facing Starvation

    SW Radio, 16 January 2014

    About 19,000 prison inmates countrywide are facing starvation as food stocks have dropped significantly and the situation could worsen due to poor funding, parliamentarians heard… Read more »

A holding cell (file photo).

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