Mon, 12 Dec 2016 08:41:14 +0000 PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu should consider releasing all HIV positive patients from prisons because there are limited health services to attend to their health needs while incarcerated, says Prisons Care and Counseling Association executive director Godfrey Malembeka. Dr. Malembeka said it would be a great Christmas present and a true reflection of the festive season to both the prisoners and their families to have them released on the day commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. Recent revelations have showed that Zambian prisons have over 20 000 inmates confined in 8 000-capacity facilities across the country. He said Zambian prisons have inadequate health service facilities coupled with poor diets which are unfavorable to the requirements of healthy living especially for people living with the virus. Dr. Malembeka explained that the same forgiveness must be extended to the elderly and those with tuberculosis (TB) as the facilities do not support them […]
Lungu should consider releasing HIV positive inmates – PRISCCA
