Coming to a neighborhood near you!
Posted on 05/19/2009 11:39:02 AM PDT by NativeNewYorker
HARARE, Zimbabwe, May 19 (UPI) -- Appalling conditions in Zimbabwe's Chikurubi prison have resulted in at least 700 of its 1,300 inmates dying in the last year, local media reported.
The Zimbabwe weekly The Standard said the maximum security prison, located about 12 miles east of Harare, has one of the highest deaths rates in the world, ranking it among the worst jails in human history, The Daily Telegraph reported Tuesday.
Six inmates were found dead in their filthy cells on Monday, with a similar number dying last weekend, the Standard reported. About 100 rat-mutilated bodies were stacked up in the prison mortuary waiting to be claimed or buried in pauper's graves within the prison walls.
The weekly reported the collapse of the Zimbabwean economy has resulted in medical care and food being cut off for Chikurubi inmates, leaving them exposed to diseases and starvation.
The International Red Cross has been allowed by Zimbabwe's new coalition government to help with conditions at the prison, but 327 deaths were recorded at Chikurubi between November and January, the Telegraph said.
That’s surprising.
African prisons are usually pretty luxuriant.
Isn’t Zimbabwe run by a Harvard graduate?
Seems to be a positive, plenty of extra room for those left.
African prisons are usually pretty luxuriant.
Totally agree. Every celebrity I can recall keeps telling me how great Africa happens to be. According to them, there is no other place on Earth that they would rather be.
Any waterboarding involved? I propose we send Nancy Pelosi on a (one-way) fact-finding tour.
Hey, I think I know where we can transfer those guys from Gitmo.
—gee whillickers, where are Oxfam and Amnesty International?
Were they tortured? Did Nancy know?
I’m sure the mess hall’s budget isn’t too big.
Gee, maybe all the Congresscritters who are always lecturing us about adopting the policies of (fill-in-the-blank-nation) will insist that we have to get our prison death rate up to 50% to show that we are in solidarity with the Zimbabweans.
I bet they eat a lot of meat. If you know what I mean.
and Spain is lusting to prosecute US officials for torture ....
Zimbabwe! Maybe we have found a place that will take the GITMO gang
How sad. I hate reading these kind of stories, because there never seems to be anything one can do to improve the situation. These places are just lost in their own corruption.
“Spain is lusting to prosecute US officials for torture ....”
That’s over! They’ve been restrained by the Spanish government, by an overwhelming vote!
That’s where I’d go looking for “harsh interrogation techniques”.
Wow! We have a great place to send those Gitmo terrorists!
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