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Kamfinsa Prison Inmates Reject Condoms
PRISONERS at Kamfinsa State Prison in Kitwe have recommended the scaling up of behavioural change programmes as opposed to distributing condoms in prisons.
Speaking on Saturday during an HIV and AIDS and tuberculosis conference for Copperbelt officers at Kamfinsa State Prison, the inmates said the proposal to start distributing condoms in prisons was as good as endorsing the practice of homosexuality.
According to the inmates’ peer educators who sought anonymity, distributing condoms in prisons would be morally wrong especially that male and female prisoners are not locked up in the same cells.
“We would rather embrace programmes for good behavioural change than consent to the distribution of condoms,” the inmate said.
And Dr Oscar Simooya, the chairperson of In-But-Free, the non-governmental organisation that organised the workshop , said getting ill or becoming infected once in custody was not part of society’s plan for offenders.
He said his organisation is aware of the adverse conditions prevailing in prison establishments and that concerted efforts are needed to arrest the situation.
Dr Simooya cited the transmission of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis as one such adverse situation prevailing in Zambian prisons.
And Zambia Prisons Service Copperbelt Deputy Commander Robert Mwale said substantial success had been recorded in reducing HIV prevalence in prisons because of intensified behavioural change campaigns among inmates.
He said the promotion of HIV and AIDS and tuberculosis awareness that In-But-Free is conducting in Copperbelt prisons has led to significant change in behaviour among prisoners and officers towards tuberculosis and HIV and AIDS.
Some sections of the Zambian society have in the recent past proposed the distribution of condoms in prisons as one way of curbing the high HIV prevalence rate in the correctional facilities.
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on December 25, 2013. Filed under LATEST NEWS.
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Firestone
December 25, 2013 at 11:13 am
The prisoners are thinking and behaving correctly than the Minister of Health who is nothing but a worthless and senseless cadre. For God’s sake, no condoms in prison!
mambwe m c
December 25, 2013 at 11:23 am
if gvt cn stat distributing cds in prisons y shud dey arest those wu practice h/sexual cos som ar there cos of de same act. ths simply means dat h/sexual is ilegal in public while in prisons it is legal.
Brian Sakalunda
December 25, 2013 at 11:48 am
This Govt has no direction and manners. How can you arrest people for homosexuality and yet on the other hand you’re promoting it.
brian sakalunda
December 25, 2013 at 11:54 am
If prisoners can reason correctly than the minister then the minister is the one who have been in prison for promoting homosexuality.
KRAAL
December 26, 2013 at 5:54 pm
Sir, where in this article has it stated that the Health minister allowed distribution of condoms in prisons?
Gaddafi
December 25, 2013 at 2:45 pm
Agony is being a Health Minister with little or no manners/sense only to be counselled by the wiser inmates.
What a Useless Government we ve…#No morals.
Cathy
December 25, 2013 at 3:39 pm
Thank you Jesus ! Even prisoners can think better than an entire minister, shame ! They deserve better than cndoms.
Jahali jahari
December 25, 2013 at 8:16 pm
The fact is that these prisoners they are into homosexual,whether u try to persuade them to quit or preach to them,better to give them ama condoms for ama protection
man of God
December 26, 2013 at 8:21 am
@Jahali jahali The fact is that robbers rob whether they get shot or arrested. should we give them guns? since they will do it whether we preach or not. What warped thinking is that? homosexuality is illegal in this country. The minister should be arrested for inciting illegality.
Hate Foolishness
December 26, 2013 at 5:31 pm
What a ****** analogy. You compare giving condoms (for saving lives) with giving guns (for ending lives)???
You sir are ******.
Hate Foolishness
December 26, 2013 at 5:32 pm
The missing word is s t u p I d.
kog
December 25, 2013 at 10:54 pm
PF WAIT 2016 KUYA IWE.
umutuntulu
December 26, 2013 at 8:40 am
Ama Zambians…fyonse baba mu denial…a person knows efyo atombaula nangula atombwaula but ali mu denial. Awe napapa! Nama condoms bali mu denial!! Lol! Ukutmwa ama live..namu pumti monse..ifyo fine filekana efya temwa ukutomba ama guyz abali venerable! Elo nga chafuma, chala santaika hiv kuba kabakashana na balumendo.
PF
December 26, 2013 at 8:53 am
Someone needs to speak sense in the life of this minister who is a PF cadre.
Shame on you minister.
jama fanaka
December 26, 2013 at 8:56 am
who said that prisoners are brainless and unwise. The wise, intelligent can also be imprisoned imwe mwebantu. They can also be ministers or presidents
id!ot!
December 26, 2013 at 12:06 pm
The point is why make homosexuality illegal and at the same time promoting the same in prisons?..the females get separeted from the boys!…it’s all the work of Americans through their NGOs, slowly getting into the moral fibre of our society!…
Id!ots!
Makumba Kangwa
December 26, 2013 at 9:12 am
Useless cabinet members in this country.
only to be challenged morally by prisoners. Shame on you so called ministers
TRIPOLI
December 26, 2013 at 10:25 am
make those prisoners ministers they have more brains than the so called ministers.
bodybuilders
December 26, 2013 at 4:45 pm
These prisoners are ******. Why are they in prison in the first place. Icipuba! They should just stop their murder, rape and child abuse instead of lecturing government. Nonsense!
DIP STICK
December 26, 2013 at 6:00 pm
IT’S SO EASY TO MISLEAD PEOPLE SO I CAN OBSERVE HERE.
AM LOOKING FOR WERE THE MINISTER HAS COME IN THROUGH
Lundu
December 26, 2013 at 11:22 pm
Most homo-acts happen between the young/incoming inmates and the old/rough/overstayed inmates. Basically, the later rape the former. And ths decision of condoms in prisons goes to endorse the rape activities…so you can rape them all you want, just remember to use a condom. Shame on this govt and NGOs. The west is finding its way!