buttocks using strips of tyres or button sticks or ‘anything’ within the vicinity of the
effecting official.
xii. Skills development and rehabilitation activities
There were a number of rehabilitation programmes for inmates at the prison. The
inmates participated more in gardening activities, building, keeping the yards clean and
rabbit keeping (See Fig 8). The institution is applauded for offering such activities as
they are in line with Article 78 of the UN Standard Minimum Rules as well as the Beijing
Rules, which state that recreational and cultural activities are necessary for the mental
and physical benefit of inmates. ZHRC acknowledged and applauded the diversified
range of skills of development as not all of the inmates are talented in academic
education. The Prison offers various development skills at the Prison workshop ranging
from welding, carpentry and motor mechanics, but because of financial constraints the
inmates could not go for trade test. The workshop also faced a number of challenges
ranging from unavailability of capital, raw materials, hand tools and text books. The
prison utilizes Agricultural Shows to show case their products but generally there were
no markets for the goods.
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