Prisons Self Sustainability in Zambia
Agricultural production is one of the major activities within the Zambian Prisons Service. It includes both animal husbandry and crop production for the feeding of prisoners and sale to the
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Prison Officers Duty Shift System in Zambia
To ensure foregoing ends, personnel shall be appointed on a full-time basis as professional prison officers and have civil service status with security of tenure subject only to good conduct,
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Systems of privileges appropriate for the different classes of prisoners and the different methods of treatment shall be established at every institution, in order to encourage good conduct, develop a
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The progressive inmate incentive system in Zambia prisons gives prisoners the chance to become leaders among their peers. Prisoners that have been of good behavior are promoted to three different
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A lot of prisons in Africa were inherited from the colonial era where the prison environment was established is with the intention of punishment, deterrence, and incapacitation. As the world
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HIV/AIDS is a pandemic with international impact and prison inmates have not been spared from its devastating effects. Zambia Prisons service has put in place measures to mitigate the effects
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Although this section of the UNSMR advocates for keeping inmates busy during the hours of a normal working day, the Mpima Remand Prison has gone an extra length of not
Read ContinuePRAWA’S Harvest of Impacts: Sustainable Community Development Scheme in Ossah Ibeku Pays-off
On Tuesday, 1st January, 2013, at the Ossah Community Square, the Udo Age Grade Society of Osa Ibeku autonomous Community in Abia State of Nigeria bestowed coveted Community Service Award
Read Continue2nd Phase of Human Rights and Policing Project: The Swiss Gazette Report
After the formal presentation of the reviewed and Human Rights-enhanced Nigeria Police Force (NPF) Training Syllabus by former Ambassador Baum to the Inspector General of Police on 30 July (see Swiss
Read ContinueTackling torture in Nigeria: A blogger’s view
A blogger from Worldwithouttorture Although a global problem, torture takes shape in different ways in different contexts. Tackling it is also a local challenge, with human rights defenders asking, how
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