Thu, 22 Dec 2016 09:24:01 +0000 By AARON CHIYANZO PRISONS in Zambia are a health hazard and a death trap for prisoners, and there is need for the private sector to get involved and help mitigate the situation, Zambia Medical Association (ZMA) president Aaron Mujajati has said. Dr. Mujajati said prisons in Zambia were too congested and that the sanitary conditions were also extremely poor. He said in an interview with the Daily Nation that there were a lot of health hazards that came as a result of overcrowding in prisons. Dr. Mujajati pointed out that the conditions in prisons across the country were inhuman and that was the reason diseases such as tuberculosis were prevalent. He called on the private sector to get on board and help sustain Government’s efforts in ensuring that enough correctional facilities were built and living conditions improved. Dr. Mujajati explained that decongesting the correctional facilities and improving the sanitary […]
