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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], 20 July 2015</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], 20 July 2015</ref> The prison was built in 1978. | ||
== | ==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/> | 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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| Location | Kabwe |
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| Status | Operational |
| Opened | 1978 |
| Managed by | Zambia Prison Service |
| Country | Zambia |
Mukobeko (or Mukobeko State Prison) is a maximum security prison in Kabwe where prisoners sentenced to death are held.[1] The prison was built in 1978.
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.[2]
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 Zambia Prison Service.[3] This was in a bid decongest the prison and to improve the welfare of those incarcerated.
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.[2] 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.[4]
Executions
On January 24, 1997, 8 prisoners were executed on the same day that President Frederick Chiluba pardoned 600 inmates. Seven of the prisoners had been convicted of murder, and the eighth had been convicted of murder and armed robbery.[5]
References
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- ↑ Death Penalty Database, 20 July 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Zambian president spares 332 death row inmates Africa Review, 17 July 2015
- ↑ 600 prisoners from Mukobeko Prison moved to Mwembeshi Maximum prison LusakaTimes, 10 March 2013
- ↑ Lungu opens Mukobeko workshop, ZNBC, 16 July 2015
- ↑ Human Rights in Zambia since the 1996 elections, Ch. V The Death Penalty, Human Rights Watch, 1 July 1997
