Harare, 07 June-(ANA)-Thousands of Zimbabwean prison inmates are being given food and other supplies by the International Committee of the Red Cross, it has been reported.
The humanitarian organisation t did not comment on conditions, but previous reports have depicted ill, emaciated detainees living in squalor.
The Red Cross said food shortages in prisons were closely linked to the economic crisis in the country as a whole.
It said it was working closely with authorities to improve the situation for "the most vulnerable detainees".
About 6,300 prisoners are said to be benefiting from the scheme.
A month ago, a secretly filmed South African TV documentary - called Hell Hole - exposed the appalling conditions inside Zimbabwean jails.
It showed sick and healthy prisoners living side by side in unhygienic and overcrowded cells. (ANA)
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