CALLS FOR ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN ZAMBIA INTENSIFY AS REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT HIS EXCELLENCY HAKAINDE HICHILEMA LEADS THE CAMPAIGN
PRESS RELEASE To all media houses For Immediate Release CALLS FOR ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN ZAMBIA INTENSIFY AS REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT HIS EXCELLENCY HAKAINDE HICHILEMA LEADS THE CAMPAIGN The death penalty in Zambia is as old as the Penal Code itself enacted in 1931, by our former colonial masters that on the contrary abolished […]
THE ZAMBIA CORRECTIONAL SERVICE PARADIGM SHIFT
The paradigm shift created by the new 2016 amended Constitution No. 2 and the repealed, replaced Prisons Act Cap 97 into the new Correctional Act No. 37, has not only raised the Zambia Correctional Service human rights profile but has created a lot of hope for the incarcerated people in Zambia. Among many admirable changes […]
PRISCCA hails Tall Trees Play Park for employing ex-prisoners
PRISCCA wishes to congratulate the Tall Trees Play Park in Livingstone, Southern Province for employing two successful and progressive ex- prisoners. We are encouraged by their positive gesture towards ex-prisoners. We believe progressive ex- prisoners should be given a second chance by both government and the private sector because they are corrected people and this […]
AU PRISONER EXCHANGE PROGRAM
AU PRISONER EXCHANGE PROGRAM Zambia is a peaceful, inclusive, resilient country with a diversified and industrialised green economy, and endowed with abundant wildlife and river bodies where its entire people enjoy their fundamental rights and have access to quality services and opportunities guided by principles of equality, equity, sustainability, and shared prosperity The country is […]
STOP DEMONIZING EX-PRISONERS
STOP DEMONIZING EX-PRISONERS STOP DEMONIZING EX-PRISONERS Statements made by law enforcement officers that the spate of robberies reported in the recent past have been committed by ex-inmates are unfair and dangerous, PRISCCA has charged. PRISCCA Executive Director Dr. Godfrey Malembeka observed that these statements, which are usually unverified had continued to put ex-inmates in bad […]
Prisoner exchange program should be encouraged
Prisoner exchange program should be encouraged Prisoner exchange program should be encouraged By Salome Matantilo-Kasonda Prisoner exchange programs should be encouraged among African countries as this is good international practice that also raises the human rights profiles of these countries. It further guarantees human rights of those in incarceration. This call came after a Zambian […]
ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY IN ZAMBIA
ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY IN ZAMBIA ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY IN ZAMBIA President Hakainde Hichilema’s call on the abolition of the death penalty should be supported by Members of Parliament, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), Church mother bodies, traditional leaders and all well- meaning Zambians. The Republican President earlier this year in May, in commemoration of Africa Freedom […]
PRISCCA helps inmates at Mwembeshi Maximum prison
PRISCCA helps inmates at Mwembeshi Maximum prison PRISCCA helps inmates at Mwembeshi Maximum prison A total of 55 inmates have been assisted to abandon their appeals at Mwembeshi maximum B correctional facility in the month of July. Another 8 were assisted with their appeal processes. The 55 decided to abandon their appeals owing […]