ZAMBIA PRISON SERVICE COMMISSIONER PERCY CHATO HAS ADMITTED THAT THE PRISONS IN THE COUNTRY HAS GOT THE HIGHEST HIV-AIDS PREVALENCE RATE AND HAS GOTTEN THE SERVICE WORRIED.
SPEAKING LAST NIGHT DURING THE PRISON SERVICE OFFICERS’ ANNUAL BALL IN KABWE COMMISSIONER CHATO HOWEVER SAID THE HIGH HIV PREVALENCE HAS FORCED THE SERVICE TO COME UP WITH MAINSTREAMING HIV POLICIES INTO THE SERVICE WORK AND PRISONS.
RADIO PHOENIX STAFFER AUGUSTINE SICHULA REPORTS THAT COMMISSIONER CHATO FURTHER DISCLOSED THAT THE PAROLE PROGRAMME IN THE COUNTRY SINCE IT WAS INTRODUCED ABOUT 320 INMATES HAVE BEEN RELEASED TO HELP DECONGEST THE PRISON.
BUT HE NOTED THAT THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF CHALLENGES IN TERMS OVERCROWDING OF PRISONS DESPITE THE PAROLE PROGRAMME BEEN IN PLACE.
IN THE SAME VEIN THE COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS HAS WARNED SERVICE OFFICERS FROM PRACTICING PARTISAN POLITICS ESPECIALLY THAT THE COUNTRY GOES TO THE POLLS THIS YEAR ADDING THAT THOSE FOUND WANTING WILL NOT BE LEFT TO GO SCOT FREE.
HE POINTED OUT THAT ARMED FORCES IN THE COUNTRY SHALL REMAIN LOYAL TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY HENCE ITS IMPERATIVE THAT SOLDIERS REMAIN NEUTRAL TO FOSTER PEACE AND UNITY.
AND SPEAKING AT THE SAME FUNCTION HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER MKONDO LUNGU DISCLOSED THAT THROUGH THE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, GOVERNMENT HAS EMBARKED ON CONSTRUCTING NEW PRISONS AND THE MWEMBESHI PRISON THIRD AND LAST PHASE WILL BE COMPLETED SOON.
MR LUNGU ALSO THANKED THAT SERVICE FOR THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR MORE ESPECIALLY THAT IT CONTRIBUTED ABOUT 68,000 PER 50 KILOGRAM OF MAIZE WHICH HELPED TO RAISE ABOUT K3BILLION FROM THE PRODUCE.
HE ALSO SAID GOVERNMENT IS IN THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION A K815 MILLION STORAGE SHADE AT CHITUMBA OPEN AIR PRISON IN MUMBWA.
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