Own Correspondent

Reports received indicate that Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) authorities have turned away visitors who had gone to see remanded journalist Hopewell Chin’ono.

The visitors are reported to have been bringing with Covid19 essentials such as sanitisers, a toothbrush and a bathing towel for the award winning journalist.

Chinono’s visitors expressed that they were concerned that when he was arrested last Monday, he did not carry any toiletries with him.

According to the reports, the prison officer who attended to them insisted that he was not going to allow them to either see him or leave the toiletries.