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Up one level- The Prison Fellowship Zimbabwe 'Open-Prison Justice Initiative'
- Since 2002, PRISON FELLOWSHIP ZIMBABWE has strategically partnered up with the Ministry Of Justice, Legal & Parliamentary Affairs in the establishment of the Connemara Open Prison. This partnership, coming on the heels of the successful establishment and implementation of the Community Service Scheme, is a further expression and demonstration of the close relationship that is developing between the National Ministry and the government of Zimbabwe. PF Zimbabwe, in every justice initiative that it undertakes, fully realizes the critical importance of this supportive relationship.
- PF Zimbabwe Addresses Prison Overcrowding
- Recently, Peter Mandianike, PF Zimbabwe’s Executive Director, addressed the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs regarding the substandard condition of Zimbabwe’s prisons. His intervention followed a senior prison official’s report that widespread malnutrition and disease is spreading in Zimbabwe prisons due to rampant overcrowding and the lack of funding for food and medicines.
- PF Zimbabwe Helping Ex-offenders, Families and Communities Find Healing
- Ex-offenders encounter many challenges to living a crime free life once they leave prison. Chief among these are rejection by their families and communities of origin and the fear of revenge on the part of victims or victims' families. As a response to this reality, PF Zimbabwe created the Victim Offender Reconciliation Programme to assist this reintegration process.
- Strengthening Connections with the Prison Service in Zimbabwe
- Recently, PF Zimbabwe (PFZ) sponsored a one-day joint workshop for PFZ volunteers and board members and several representatives from the Prison Service including social workers, religious workers, rehabilitation officers and psychologists.