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Zambia: prison population surpasses official holding capacity
Zambia Correctional Service Commissioner General, Fredrick Chilukutu, has disclosed that the country’s prison population has exceeded 28,000, far surpassing the facilities’ holding capacity of 12,000.
Source: Lusaka Times (13/01/2026)