The Non-Governmental Gender Organizations’ Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has expressed delight with government’s intention to open the Diana Nalupya correctional facility before June this year.
According to Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security, Jack Mwiimbu, the correctional facility will house female inmates with circumstantial children.
In a statement issued to RCV News in Lusaka today, NGOCC Executive Director, Anne Anamela, said the Organization has observed that over the years, the challenges women in Correctional Facilities and circumstantial children faced, meant that Zambia remained below internationally acceptable minimum standards otherwise known as the ‘Mandela Principles’.
“The Diana Nalupya Correctional facility will, without a doubt give the female inmates the dignity they deserve,” said Mrs Anamela.
She has since urged government to open more facilities and ensure improved sanitation and provision of adequate nutritional food.
By Margaret Mwanza
