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Salisbury Central Prison
Harare Central Prison (HCP; named Salisbury Central Prison until 1982) is a medium-security prison for both men and women in Harare, Zimbabwe. It is operated by the Zimbabwe Prison Services, previously the Rhodesia Prison Service. It opened in 1910 during company rule in Rhodesia. The current Officer in Charge, or Prison warden, warden, is Never Kambizi. History 20th-century Salisbury Central Prison was established in 1910 during Company rule in Rhodesia, company rule in Rhodesia (region), Rhodesia, soon to become the Southern Rhodesia, Colony of Southern Rhodesia in 1923. During the 20th-century, the prison incarcerated many black nationalists who fought white rule during the colonial period and later Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence, UDI. In addition, the prison has been used to hold political prisoners after Zimbabwe's independence. A 1973 study found that over a period of two months, 97% of admitted inmates were black Africans, and 50.6% were younger than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harare
Harare (; formerly Salisbury ) is the capital and most populous city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 940 km2 (371 mi2) and a population of 2.12 million in the 2012 census and an estimated 3.12 million in its metropolitan area in 2019. Situated in north-eastern Zimbabwe in the country's Mashonaland region, Harare is a metropolitan province, which also incorporates the municipalities of Chitungwiza and Epworth. The city sits on a plateau at an elevation of above sea level and its climate falls into the subtropical highland category. The city was founded in 1890 by the Pioneer Column, a small military force of the British South Africa Company, and named Fort Salisbury after the UK Prime Minister Lord Salisbury. Company administrators demarcated the city and ran it until Southern Rhodesia achieved responsible government in 1923. Salisbury was thereafter the seat of the Southern Rhodesian (later Rhodesian) government and, between 1953 and 1963, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
