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The platform includes articles from external sources to supplement its available information. Reporting on the state of prisons around the world is a complex, laborious task. The Prison Insider team develops a weekly press review in three languages in order to provide wider coverage of current events in the world’s prisons. This monitoring process helps promote journalism by various media and reflects a commitment to transparency and collaboration.
Zimbabwe: faces severe prison overcrowding
Zimbabwe's prisons are operating at nearly double their official capacity, with an alarming 27,683 incarcerated people currently held in facilities designed for just 17,800, according to an internal memo from Prosecutor General Loice Matanda-Moyo.
Source: Bulawayo (13/01/2026)
