Inmates gain valuable skills during jail time

EFFORTS TO TRANSFORM THE ZIMBABWE PRISONS AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICE ARE BEARING FRUIT WITH SOME INMATES GAINING VALUABLE SKILLS DURING THEIR INCARCERATION.
IT WAS A BEER BINGE THAT SAW SOME YOUTHS TAKING ONE TOO MANY RESULTING IN THEM ASSAULTING A POLICE OFFICER. MTHOKOZISI MOYO WAS ONE OF THOSE ARRESTED AND SENTENCED TO DO TIME AT TSHOLOTSHO PRISON FROM FEBRUARY TILL OCTOBER THIS YEAR.
WHILE JUST AN ORDINARY YOUNG MAN WHO DID NOT POSSESS ANY TRADE, LITTLE DID HE KNOW THAT PRISON LIFE WAS TO BE A TRAINING SCHOOL THAT COULD GIVE HIM A SOURCE OF LIVELIHOOD. THE 26 YEAR OLD HAS MANAGED TO MASTER VEGETABLE FARMING, BRICK MOULDING, PLUMBING AND THE ART OF WRITING SCRIPTS FOR DRAMAS.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY SUCCESS STORIES FROM THE PRISON SYSTEM THAT HAS TURNED FOCUS TO MOULD BETTER CITIZENS. THE ZPCS HAS BEEN COMMEMORATING THE 3RD EDITION OF THE FAMILY WEEK ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH MATABELELAND NORTH HOSTING THE PROVINCIAL LAUNCH AT TSHOLOTSHO PRISON.