Prison Family Week records over 27,000 visits at Harare prisons.

Prison Family Week records over 27,000 visits at Harare prisons The Family week has been hailed as a path to reintegration integration between society and inmates, as over 27 000 visitors visited their relatives who are serving jail terms during the period from April 6 to 12. The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS), Harare Metropolitan Province statistics, revealed a total cumulative of visits at 27,214 for 10,000 inmates. The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) Family Week ran under the theme: “Rehabilitation – A Collective Responsibility.” In an interview, Superintendent Gwauya Mutuke, Staff Officer, Rehabilitation and Integration, for Harare Metropolitan Province, said the Family Week programme forms part of ZPCS’s broader shift from a punitive system to a correctional and rehabilitation-focused approach. #zimdailyjournal