John Magufuli from Tanzania says prisoners are free workers

The President of Tanzania has asked that prisoners be forced to work long hours and be punished if they are lazy.

John Magufuli was speaking at the inauguration of a new prison chief.

Rights groups are accusing it of growing intolerance.

million. Magufuli lost her immense initial popularity by repressing the media, targeting opposition politicians and asking that pregnant schoolgirls be banned from school.

He said that inmates should grow their own food in prisons.

"It is shameful for the country to continue to feed the prisoners: all the prisons have fields, the prisoners must cultivate them", he said

"Some prison staff members do not have They make bricks day and night, if they show laziness, kick them, you have workers, and for free, "he added.

He also requested that conjugal visits be stopped.

"A man is in prison, leaving his wife on the outside, and a prison official receives this woman and allows the prisoner to do things that he is not supposed to do during his detention, I do not want to hear any more about this. "

Mr. Magufuli stated that the under-employment of the inmates led to the use of drugs and the use of drugs. 39, homosexuality in prisons

"I do not want to hear about this, I want reforms in the management of prisons," he said.

The leader, nicknamed The Bulldozer, was accused by its detractors to become more and more authoritarian accusation that it denies