Wed, 16 Aug 2017 09:20:59 +0000 By FLAVIOR KANUNGO GOVERNMENT should take look into the plight of juveniles who are kept in adult prisons without trial for a long time, Obvious Mwaliteta has said. The former Kafue Member of Parliament who spent 360 days at Chimbokaila Correctional Service in Lusaka has described the conditions at the institution as pathetic and not conducive for children. Speaking when he featured on Prime Television’s oxygen programme, Mr Mwaliteta said the juveniles were being exposed to a lot bad vices including bad language and sexual assault. He said conditions of confinement and issues faced by juveniles in adult facilities were very risky and harmful adding that the suicide rate among juveniles held in jails was also high. Mr Mwaliteta disclosed that most juveniles were being sodomised by elderly men and could not report anywhere a situation that would be hard to change once the child was out of detention. […]
