Zambia, Malawi exchange inmates to enable them serve sentences in their countries

THIRTY four Malawian nationals who were serving prison sentences in Eastern and Muchinga provinces have been transferred to the Malawi Prison Service. This was in an exchange deal that saw 25 Zambians who were serving prison sentences in Malawi transferred to the Zambian Correctional Services. Zambia Correctional Service deputy Commissioner General Bwalya Kuyomba handed over the foreign inmates to the Malawi Prison Service which was represented by that country’s Prison Service Commissioner of Operations Yafeti Chimodzi, who also handed over the Zambian inmates that were serving in Malawi. Speaking during the handover, Kuyomba said the Zambian Government had always stood ready to adopt and domesticate international instruments as well as setting up regional mechanisms that would foster improved welfare of…...