Tag: prison

75% prisoners in Malawi unaware of bail right – NGO

Published on November 5, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Blantyre-based Centre for Human Rights, Advice and Assistance (CHREAA), an NGO which champions the rights of prisoners and vulnerable citizens, […]

Prison service warns against item smuggling into prisons

Published on October 18, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The Malawi Prison Service (MPS) has released a press statement warning the general public especially those with relations in prisons […]

Tunisian President pardons 1,300 prisoners

Published on August 15, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

After convening a meeting with Justice Minister Noureddin B’Hiri, Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki on Wednesday officially pardoned an estimated 1,300 […]

Courts faulted on prison congestion

Published on July 28, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Prison authorities in Malawi have noted that harsh custodial sentences handed to offenders committing petty offences is a major factors […]

JB promises to address congestion in Prisons

Published on July 23, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi’s President Joyce Banda on Sunday assured the nation that her government will address the current congestion in prisons and […]

‘There are no wrongly pardoned prisoners’ – Uladi

Published on July 13, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi government said Thursday there will be no investigations on allegations that two of the Zomba Maximum Security Prison pardoned […]

Prison Break: Malawi prison escapees turn themselves in

Published on July 12, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Two of the three inmates who escaped from Zomba maximum security prison in eastern Malawi on Sunday night during clashes […]

Police hunt for Zomba prison escapees

Published on July 10, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi police and prison authorities on Tuesday launched a manhunt on four prisoners, who escaped at Zomba Central Prison amid […]

JB pardons 366 prisoners, rejects 11 child defilers

Published on July 8, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi’s President Joyce Banda on Friday took a strong stand against rape and child defilers in the country after she […]

Lack of space worsens in Malawi prisons, worries authorities

Published on May 23, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Authorities have bemoaned over-crowding in prisons which they say is responsible for many communicable diseases. Prisons’ Commissioner for Operations Kennedy […]

Prison ministry opens two campuses amid Malawi chaos

Published on April 19, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi has been through a whirlwind of change in just a few weeks. President Bingu wa Mutharika died on April […]

Prison Ministry Born Amid Instability in Malawi

Published on April 17, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Contact: Dr. H. David Schuringa, Crossroad Bible Institute (CBI), 616-530-1300 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 16,  2012 /Christian Newswire/ — Crossroad Bible Institute […]

Women in Prison | IRISH RULE OF LAW MALAWI

Published on November 9, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

In the last week I have made my first visit to the Maula prison women’s section. The vast majority of […]

Freedom for a witchcraft accused elderly couple in Malawi

Published on October 27, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Our contacts have this good news to share: In 2009, a couple in Nchalo, Chikhwawa District of Malawi were accused […]

Chichiri Prison and Fisherman’s Rest

Published on July 13, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

I went on one of my usual Tuesday morning trips to Chichiri Prison with Rev Chimesya and Rev Mike Burns […]

Shocking Pictures of Malawi | Malawi Law

Published on July 11, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

          Source : VII Photos http://www.viiphoto.com/showstory.php?nID=1296

MAN WHO HAD SEX WITH A GOAT JAILED, ANOTHER ARRESTED

Published on June 28, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Robert Wisikoti, a 26-year-old tobacco estate labourer in Malawi’s central district of Dowa who had sex with a goat was […]

Longest Serving witch-craft convict released

Published on May 8, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

A woman who spent four years in prison for the offence of practising witchcraft has been described as the longest […]