By Phillimon Backson:
The Malawi Prison Service has disclosed that the country’s prisons are currently housing 20 children, ranging in age from one month to three years.
Prison spokesperson, Steve Charles Meke, said the children are living in prison alongside their mothers, who are serving sentences for various offences.
However, Meke emphasized that the service is making efforts to provide proper care for both the children and their mothers to ensure the children grow up in good health.
He has since assured the public that the service will continue to take good care of the children in these facilities.
The development comes amid rumours circulating on social media alleging that a child staying with their mother at Thyolo Prison is suffering from malnutrition due to inadequate food at the facility.
Meanwhile, child rights activist Memory Chisenga has expressed concern, stating that prison facilities are not a conducive environment.
