14 Zambia Correctional Service inmates in Chinsali have graduated from various programmes at Chinsali Skills Centre.
Muchinga Regional Offender Management Officer, Assistant Superintendent David Lombani, says this is part of efforts to stop convicts from going back to crime after being punished or rehabilitated.
Mr Lombani says among the 14, three did Carpentry and Joinery, while 11 did Bricklaying and Plastering Level Three, and graduated with certificates.
He says the Service believes in imparting life-serving skills to inmates so that when they rejoin society, the skills will help them provide for their families.
Meanwhile, Chinsali Acting District Commissioner Brenda Silwembe says seeing inmates among the graduands is a positive move and one that will contribute to the growth agenda.
She says the inmates will now be encouraged to join cooperatives so that they can be eligible to apply for CDF grants or loans for empowerment once they are released from the facility
By Cecilia Kayaya Mporokoso
