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Offender management
The Offender Management Unit (O.M.U) was established in 2002 to offer correctional services to Inmates. Later on it was legislated in the Prisons Amendment Act of 2004 to rehabilitate, reform and reintegrate offenders into the community as self-reliant, productive and law abiding citizens. The Unit falls under the Corrections and Extension Services Directorate headed by a Commissioner.
The Unit carries out the following functions:
Inmate care: It ensures humane custody of inmates by ensuring inmates are provided with cell accommodation; decent food; uniforms and beddings.
Behavioural modification: this is achieved through provision of counseling services.
Psychosocial counseling: This is achieved through reception and discharge boards for case flow management and placing inmates on treatment programmes.
Human development: This is accomplished involving literacy development, educational classes, entrepreneurial skills and career development and guidance. Further, Special need offenders are given preferential treatment to vulnerable inmates such as the aged, HEPs, juveniles, pregnant Females, differently abled, terminally ill and circumstantial children.
Psychosocial therapy is also given to unlearn the deviant and self-destructive behavior.
Reintegration offers inmates services such as family tie-ups, restorative justice and After Care.
Internal security of the Nation
Zambia Correctional Service
Inmates’ Education
This is education both formal and informal given to inmates during their period of incarceration. It also includes skills training
The service is given to adult inmates to read and write, primary education (Grade 1 -7), Secondary education (Grade 8-12), Tertiary education (College / University) and After Care Service to pardoned/Discharged/ex-offenders. Examinations are also provided to obtain educational certificates. Re-orientation of teachers in correctional centers is done to provide them with relevant skills of handling inmates. Counseling and guidance is also provided to inmates besides education so as to have necessary probing and emotive skills which would in turn increase enrolment, retention and progression levels of learners to move closer to what is emphasized in the correctional approach to justice. The Unit also falls under the Directorate of Corrections and Extension Services.
Human Development
Zambia Correctional Services
Chaplaincy
Chaplaincy is a specialized Unit that is charged with the responsibility of providing spiritual support, guidance and care to officers and inmates. It is very crucial in the reformation process of offenders.
The Chaplaincy involves proclaiming the gospel to the Inmates, Officers and their families. It also involves Pastoral care and counseling to the Inmates, Officers and their families. In addition, it includes facilitation of theological/Biblical course for Inmates and Reintegrating Inmates into the Society including Community awareness and sensitization on the Spiritual and physical welfare of Inmates
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Spiritual welfare/rehabilitation
Zambia Correctional Services
Parole
Parole is defined as the conditional release from a prison/correctional Centre of a convicted offender serving a sentence of two years and above and remaining with only six months to be discharged.
The Prisoner is released conditionally to serve the remainder of his sentence in his community under supervision by a parole officer. Parole has existed in the Zambian legislation since independence and was provided for under section 114 of the Prisons Act.
Parole in Zambia was operationalized in 2009 when the Deutsche Gesellschaftfür Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) started supporting the National Parole Board through the Access to Justice Programme with funds to allow for the Parole Board hearings. Parole Board coordinate activities related to parole, receive and consider applications for parole and recommend to the Commissioner General to grant or refuse such applications. To issue summons requiring the appearance before the Board of any parolee or applicant for parole or such witnesses as the Board may consider necessary for the purposes of Parole Rules. To recommend to the Commissioner General the recall from parole of the Parolee for violation of parole conditions in respect of any parole. To recommend to the Commissioner General the suspension or revocation of parole in respect of any parolee.
Internal security
-Parole application form (for inmates)
Zambia Correctional Service
Custodial
The Custodial service includes the provision of safe custody of inmates in order to safeguard the interest of the public.
The service involves the following: Provide adequate and secure living conditions of inmates; · Maintenance of prison facilities; · admission, classification, employment and discharge of inmates, ensure adequate security for prison facilities and inmates; ·
Facilitate access to health facilities for inmates; and Facilitate the attendance of inmates in the courts of the law
Internal Security
Inmates
Zambia Correctional Service
Agriculture and Commercial Service
Agriculture (Farms and Livestock)
With over 38 farms national wide, this Unit produces approximately 3,500 tonnes of maize annually as well as pulse and horticultural crops for inmates’ consumption with the surplus sold to the general public. In an effort to increase production and self-reliance, the Service under the Irrigation Development Support Programme (IDSP) is currently installing 21 center pivots in 4 Correctional Service Farms covering about 1, 440 hectares of land. 9 pivots on 700 hectares at Nansanga in Serenje, 4 pivots on 310 hectares at Chitwi in Luanshya, 6 pivots on 300 hectares at Mukuyu in Kabwe and 2 pivots on 130 hectares at Lubambala in Mpika.
Livestock: The livestock enterprise includes:
Industrial Section: This section comprises of the Kalonga Milling Plant in Kabwe and Industrial workshops in provincial towns across the country. Further, plans are underway to open another milling plant in Petauke, equipment and materials have already been procured .
The primary objective of the milling plants particularly Kalonga Milling is to produce mealie meal to feed inmates at a low cost to relieve central treasury burden while the surplus is sold to the open market at low prices to enable majority citizens access the commodity.
White maize (feed sock) is supplied from correctional farms as well as small scale famers in Central Province. This strategy provides a source of income to suppliers of the maize as well as employment to workers on the farms. The main products from the milling plant are breakfast, roller mealie meal and meal samp. The maize bran is the by-product mainly sold to stock feed producers and farmers.
Food security
Zambia Correctional Service
Health Directorate
The Health Directorate was established with the purpose of providing and administering health care within the Service due to the high rates of diseases especially HIV and AIDS and Tuberculosis in Zambian correctional Services.
The Directorate was formally established in 2009 with the appointment of a medical Doctor as the health Director. His responsibility was to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of day-to-day administration of the Prison Health Service. The Directorate provides health services to inmates, staff and defined prison communities, Plan and support implementation of public health initiatives at all levels, Promote quality, effectiveness, efficiency and equity in health care, Monitor and evaluate the provision of health care services in prison health facilities, Ensure the availability of surgical and medical supplies in Prisons health facilities, Collects, analyses, interpret and report data on health care services in prisons to enhance decision making and promote research, Facilitate capacity building of prison health staff, Ensure adherence to professional ethics and standards by all health personnel, Collaborate with the Ministry of Health and other stakeholders on the implementation of national health care programmes and activities.
Wellness and health
Zambia Correctional Services
Infrastructure and development unit
Prison Infrastructure
Infrastructure Development Unit is responsible for the maintenance of prison infrastructure in order to improve the welfare of officers and inmates. It ensures that there is adequate, habitable and secure Service infrastructure which includes the following:
The Unit plans and designs infrastructure in the Zambia Correctional Service, facilitate the building and rehabilitation of prisons infrastructure in the country, monitors and evaluates infrastructure projects in the Service and maintains prisons infrastructure and design building training manuals for inmates.
Infrastructure development
Zambia Correctional Services
Correctional staff training College
Correctional staff training college is for the purpose of training recruits, cadet officers and serving officers for skills and knowledge in the Zambia Correctional Services
The College is responsible for implementing training programmes for recruits, cadet officers and serving officers in order to equip them with requisite skills and knowledge and prepare them for entry into the Service. The College Identifies and selects candidates, implements military and academic training programmes for new entrants and serving officers, Develop and review the curriculum and teaching aids, develop and implement training programmes, maintain a database on training programmes, prepare training reports, undertake assessment of trainees, and Certification of successful candidates.
Staff development
Zambia Correctional Services
Katombora Reformatory
Katombora Reformatory is a School for juveniles that have found themselves on the other side of the law.
Katombora Reformatory School is the only Male Reformatory School in the country where all young male offenders are taken. It was opened in the early 1950s as a rehabilitation and reformation centre for young offenders. The School which falls under the Zambia Correctional Service is headed by the Reformatory Superintendent. The Juveniles are detained under a reformatory order which expires after a period of four years. However the law allows for the release of a juvenile from detention on Licence if he or she is of good conduct and has stayed at the school for a period of nine months or above. Main activities include:-
This is done by Social Welfare Officers to offer individual and group counselling at admission up to the time the lads leave the reformatory school. This helps in moulding the behaviour of the lads to foster a positive change of mind-set.
Every morning the chaplaincy office offers spiritual devotion to the lads to enhance spiritual growth. As the school motto states, “With the help of God, we shall rise again”, the lads are helped to go and become good citizens in society upon discharge from the school.
After the assessment is carried out by the education supervisor, lads are placed in two pathways: Vocation and Academic pathways depending on their literacy levels.
Katombora Reformatory School has classes where literacy lessons are conducted every Tuesdays and Thursdays. The classes are divided into two levels namely A and B. Level A consist of lads who have never stepped their feet in a classroom up to grade two (2) and Level B comprises those from grade four (4) to five (5).Teaching is normally conducted in a multi-grade fashion.
The station has two football grounds, two volleyball fields and a basketball court. As programmed on the school time table, lads go to the fields for physical training for them to stay fit. The school has a recreation hall where several entertainment activities are staged.
Human Development and rehabilitation
Zambia Correctional Service
Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security
Head Office
Independence Avenue
P.O.Box 50997
Lusaka,Zambia
For support: https://portal.citizensupport.gov.zm/
