European Knight
06-25-2015, 06:23 PM
Harare - A quarter ton of meat from wild animals could be just the ticket to ending the unrest in Zimbabwe's Chikurubi maximum security prison where inmates have been rioting over their meatless diet.
Over the weekend, Zimbabwe's National Parks and Wildlife Authority donated 250kg of bush meat for the 4 600 inmates whose diet has consisted of only porridge and cabbage despite regulations that they should receive meat at least three
times a week.
Prison food woes is more evidence of a debilitating economic downturn that has left the Zimbabwean government struggling to meet its obligations, including paying civil servants on time. In March, riot police had to use water cannons
against university students whose own food protests caused classes to be suspended for a time.
Close to a thousand prisoners rioted in February and then more seriously in March over the lack of meat for the last three years. Guards opened fire on the inmates who rioted after they refused to eat their cabbage lunch. Five people were killed.
Zimbabwe parks give bush meat to prisoners | News24 (http://www.news24.com/Africa/Zimbabwe/Zimbabwe-parks-give-bush-meat-to-prisoners-20150624)
Over the weekend, Zimbabwe's National Parks and Wildlife Authority donated 250kg of bush meat for the 4 600 inmates whose diet has consisted of only porridge and cabbage despite regulations that they should receive meat at least three
times a week.
Prison food woes is more evidence of a debilitating economic downturn that has left the Zimbabwean government struggling to meet its obligations, including paying civil servants on time. In March, riot police had to use water cannons
against university students whose own food protests caused classes to be suspended for a time.
Close to a thousand prisoners rioted in February and then more seriously in March over the lack of meat for the last three years. Guards opened fire on the inmates who rioted after they refused to eat their cabbage lunch. Five people were killed.
Zimbabwe parks give bush meat to prisoners | News24 (http://www.news24.com/Africa/Zimbabwe/Zimbabwe-parks-give-bush-meat-to-prisoners-20150624)