Inmates at Zomba Maximum Prison are this morning staging a revolt over diet, Zodiak Online has reported.
Gunfire was heard to keep the irate prisoners at bay.
A visit at the prison discovered that nearby school, parents have come to collect their wards.
One of the teachers who opted for anonymity said: “The prisoners are protesting against a directive that they should not get food from outside yet they receive Nandolo and one lump of Nsima for the whole day,”
