Mundubile, Makebi safety at risk – Mwelwa
…they are held in general population with convicted criminals
The safety and well-being of opposition leader Brian Mundubile, his deputy Makebi Zulu and sixteen other political detainees held at Mukobeko Maximum Correctional Facility has become a matter of grave concern amid confirmed reports that they are being accommodated in a general population holding facility alongside inmates convicted of serious offences including murder, aggravated robbery and rape.
Tonse Alliance spokesperson Dr Lawrence Mwelwa has called for the immediate relocation of the 18 detainees to a secure holding facility, warning that their continued incarceration among hardened criminals exposes them to potentially serious physical danger.
Dr Mwelwa said prisoners housed within the ‘general population’ could face threats ranging from intimidation and extortion to assault, beatings, stabbings and other forms of violence common within overcrowded hostile prison environments.
”The State has a duty of care over every citizen it places in custody. Brian Mundubile, Makebi Zulu and the others have not been convicted. Their security must be always guaranteed,” Dr Mwelwa, also an academician and author said.
He noted that during the incarceration of then opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema, now President on treason charges in 2017, special measures were put in place to ensure his safety, including separate accommodation arrangements.
“President Hichilema lived outside the general population along with his bodyguard at Mukobeko under President Edgar…https://dailyrevelationzambia.com/mundubile-makebi-safety-at-risk-mwelwa-held-in-general-population-with-convicted-criminals/
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