Food Insecurity in Malawi's Prisons

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FOOD INSECURITY
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Table of content
Table of content...............................................................................................................................2
Summary..........................................................................................................................................2
Introduction..................................................................................................................................3
Food insecurity indicators............................................................................................................5
Food consumption in Malawi..................................................................................................................5
Strength of Malawi in dealing with food insecurity.................................................................................7
Limitations in dealing with food insecurity..............................................................................................8
References...................................................................................................................................................9
Appendix...................................................................................................................................................12
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Summary
The prisons of Malawi accommodate about 0.08 % of the population of the whole
country. Hence, it's very vital for the nation to provide these prisoners with enough food
nutrition. The development millennium goals and sustainable development goals through the
development strategies, it was easier to identify the key nine areas that needed to be addressed to
achieve the maximum development of the state. Among the nine development areas, the
eradication of hunger and poverty was given the priority. Among the indicators for monitoring
the insufficient of food was the shared dietary energy that was consumed within an area of 21000
kilometers per individual every day. This was guided by the fact that Malawi has been
recognized as one of the countries in Africa that export food substances. Though the food that
was exported from Malawi were mainly non-cereals which have contributed significantly to the
insecurity of food within the country. The government was committed to working with the prison
management to better the living conditions of the prisoners. The prevalence of the malnutrition
among the prisoners offer incontrovertible proves that the prisoners are faced with poor health
while in prisons. To counter the poverty and hunger, the government of Malawi had to set the
goal of meeting the target in the year 1990 and the year 2015.

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Introduction
Based on political boundaries, the country is located on the continent of Africa. The country
occupies about 94080 kilometers of the land and about 24404-kilometer square of water. Thus,
making it the top 100 most significant countries in the whole world. Malawi is divided into four
parts namely the Eastern, Central, Northern and Southern region. The state harbors about six
prisons with a population of 1717 in the northern part alone. The central portion has aout eight
prisons with a population of 3784. Lastly, the eastern region has about eight prisons with a
population of about 4072. That makes a total of approximately 12598 prisoners in all the 30
prisons established by the government of Malawi. This data was gathered in the year 2016 within
the selected prisons of Malawi. Although the country has the problem of food insecurity in
general, it was noted that individuals living in the country consume three meals every day
(Wilson et al. 2014)
The policies of food insecurity established by the government are meant to guarantee all the
citizens of Malawi have sufficient access to food nutrition to live an active life and maintain their
wellbeing. The prisons of Malawi accommodate about 0.08 percentage of the population of the
country. Therefore, it’s vital for the state to provide the prisoners with enough food and not less
than the maximum food requirements by the international policies that govern the feeding of the
prisoners. In the fact that the government of Malawi can commit in providing food security, it’s
necessary to conduct this particular research to ascertain the state of food insecurity within the
population of prisoners in the country (Akombi et al. 2017).