Prison officer’s Workshop, Bulawayo The ZPCS has begun to place more importance on the correctional side of their work. One prisoner officer at Kadoma Prison said: “We used to call them by the name of their crimes, we did not know that our main role is to rehabilitate and correct criminal behaviour but after legal education, we have changed and we call them by their real names.” Prison Officers in Zvishavane observed: “We didn’t like inmates to leave prison, we thought once inmates leave jail it means we would also lose our jobs but now we are helping them to apply for bail and we contact LRF to help those who will be in need of legal assistance.” Workshops # conducted 7 20 8 35 Police Officers Prison Officers Traditional Leaders Total # of females 74 131 3 208 # of males 72 358 212 642 Testimonials (3) “Society in general has the perception that if someone works in a legal environment they are expected to know the law but it’s not always the case. I would feel embarrassed when an inmate asked me a simple thing like how he can make an application for bail because before this workshop I did not know much on bail. However, after this workshop I am now equipped to assist inmates in that regard.” “Before receiving legal education, we did not take seriously the inmates when they complained about sickness, we used not to listen to them and we were not aware that 32