As an adjunct to assisting people to assert their right, the LRF believes it is important to work with relevant service providers and build their capacity to understand and protect people’s rights. Prison Officers’ Workshops (2) Twenty workshops were conducted with the Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) during the year, reaching 489 people, 358 males and 131 females, both junior and senior prison officers in all the provinces of Zimbabwe. The workshops covered issues directly linked to the day-to-day duties of the officers and aimed to capacitate them to uphold human rights. The range of topics included bail, UN Minimum Rules and Standards Applicable to Prisoners (Mandela Rules), the Declaration of Rights, law and the courts, the relationship between prisoner and prison officer, child rights and the law, and domestic violence. The preworkshop tests demonstrated that the officers had low knowledge levels, negative perceptions of people’s rights, and were unable to explain key legal and human rights principles relevant to their work. Post-workshop evaluations illustrated a measurable gain in knowledge and appreciation of the importance of observing the rights of inmates. “We need more workshops of this nature in order for us to learn about promoting human rights as we conduct our work. I did not think human rights applied to my line of work but after this workshop, I now know better.” Participants at the prison officers’ workshop in Binga 31