59 PRISONERS ESCAPE FROM JAILS

FIFTY-NINE prisoners have broken out of correctional facilities countrywide this year, largely due to negligence of guards who now face disciplinary action. Figures obtained from the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) show that 48 inmates also escaped custody over the same period last year. In an interview, ZPCS Commissioner General Moses Chihobvu said negligent prison officers