SYDNEY MUBAIWA
MASVINGO- The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) Masvingo Province will hold a family week programme starting on April 28 to May 4 to allow inmates and their relatives to interact and build positive relations.
ZPCS Public Relations Officer (PRO) Correctional Officer Tendai Lessley Chamaida said relatives who intend to visit their loved ones are required to bring national identity cards or valid passports for them to be allowed into the correctional premises.
“ZPCS Masvingo Province will be holding a family week programme. Visits will commence from April 28,2025 to May 4 ,2025 .The visiting hours are from 0900 to 15 00hrs .No cooked food shall be allowed on health grounds.
“However, relatives may bring braai packages while at the correctional facilities we will be providing food for sale,” she said.
She said the family week programme in correctional facilities is designed to strengthen the bond better incarcerated individuals and their families.
“The primary goal of such programmes is to promote family unity, support rehabilitation efforts, and reduce recidivism rates by fostering positive relationships,” she said.
She said the programme includes various activities that allow inmates to spend time with their relatives, friends, spouses and children in a natural environment.
The visiting persons in the province include Mutimurefu Prison Farm, Masvingo Remand Prison, Chiredzi, Gutu ,Bikita, Zaka, Chikombedzi, Mwenezi and Chivi.
