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'''Mukobeko''' (or '''Mukobeko State Prison''') is a maximum security prison in [[Kabwe]] where prisoners sentenced to death are held.<ref>[http://www.deathpenaltyworldwide.org/country-search-post.cfm?country=zambia#f5-2 Death Penalty Database]</ref> The prison was built in 1978.
'''Mukobeko''' (or '''Mukobeko State Prison''') is a maximum security prison in [[Kabwe]] where prisoners sentenced to death are held.<ref>[http://www.deathpenaltyworldwide.org/country-search-post.cfm?country=zambia#f5-2 Death Penalty Database]</ref> The prison was built in 1978.
==Overcrowding and living conditions==
Zambian presidents who came after [[Kenneth Kaunda]] had refused to sign death sentences for prisoners, leading to overcrowding and poor sanitary conditions. Human rights activists say the congestion was caused by the slow dispensation of justice.<ref name=ar/>


In March 2013, 600 prisoners were transferred to the new facility at [[Mwembeshi Maximum Prison]] under heavy and tight security by the [[Zambia Police Service]], [[Zambia Army]], [[Zambia Air Force]] and the [[Prison Service]].<ref>[https://www.lusakatimes.com/2013/03/10/600-prisoners-from-mukobeko-prison-moved-to-mwembeshi-maximum-prison/ 600 prisoners from Mukobeko Prison moved to Mwembeshi Maximum prison] ''[[LusakaTimes]], 10 March 2013</ref> This was in a bid decongest the prison and to improve the welfare of those incarcerated.
In March 2013, 600 prisoners were transferred to the new facility at [[Mwembeshi Maximum Prison]] under heavy and tight security by the [[Zambia Police Service]], [[Zambia Army]], [[Zambia Air Force]] and the [[Prison Service]].<ref>[https://www.lusakatimes.com/2013/03/10/600-prisoners-from-mukobeko-prison-moved-to-mwembeshi-maximum-prison/ 600 prisoners from Mukobeko Prison moved to Mwembeshi Maximum prison] ''[[LusakaTimes]], 10 March 2013</ref> This was in a bid decongest the prison and to improve the welfare of those incarcerated.


During his visit of the prison on 16 July 2015, President [[Edgar Lungu]] commuted death sentences of 332 inmates to life imprisonment.<ref name=ar>[http://www.africareview.com/News/Zambian-president-spares-death-row-inmates/-/979180/2792474/-/dokxai/-/index.html Zambian president spares 332 death row inmates] Africa Review, 17 July 2015</ref> The president also officially opened the new Central Mechanical Workshop at Mukobeko to help in the servicing of Zambia Prisons Service vehicles and those for the [[Ministry of Home Affairs]].<ref name=znbc>[http://www.znbc.co.zm/?p=16859 Lungu opens Mukobeko workshop], [[ZNBC]], 16 July 2015</ref>
==Pardon of prisoners==
 
During a visit of the prison on 16 July 2015, President [[Edgar Lungu]] commuted death sentences of 332 inmates to life imprisonment.<ref name=ar>[http://www.africareview.com/News/Zambian-president-spares-death-row-inmates/-/979180/2792474/-/dokxai/-/index.html Zambian president spares 332 death row inmates] Africa Review, 17 July 2015</ref> The president also officially opened the new Central Mechanical Workshop at Mukobeko to help in the servicing of Zambia Prisons Service vehicles and those for the [[Ministry of Home Affairs]].<ref name=znbc>[http://www.znbc.co.zm/?p=16859 Lungu opens Mukobeko workshop], [[ZNBC]], 16 July 2015</ref>
==Overcrowding and living conditions==
Zambian presidents who came after [[Kenneth Kaunda]] had refused to sign death sentences for prisoners, leading to overcrowding and poor sanitary conditions. Human rights activists say the congestion was caused by the slow dispensation of justice.<ref name=ar/>


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