By ROGERS KALEROINMATES at Kamfisa inmates have petitioned government to consider reducing sentences being served as a way of improving their welfare and decongesting correctional facilities.The inmates said yesterday, “ WE turned out in huge numbers on August 12 not only to change the government, but to also ensure that there is an improvement in the welfare of Inmates which include reducing some of their sentences.” Isaac Njovu, who is serving a sentence of 35 years and has so far done 19 years, said Inmates at Kamfinsa State Correctional Facility were petitioning the republican President Hakainde Hichilema to consider reducing some of their sentences. Mr Njovu told the Copperbelt Provincial Minister Elisha Matambo when he visited the facility that he should deliver the message to President Hichilema that most of the Inmates had reformed and would be grateful if their sentences were reduced.“On August 12, 2021 , all the gates at Kamfinsa State Correctional Facility were opened so that we could go […]
Kamfinsa inmates petition HH over long sentences
