Fig 1: In the front, third from the left, Commissioner E.H Mugwadi touring the Whawha Young Offenders premises, in the company of Prison Officials and ZHRC Monitoring Team 2. Objectives i) To have an appreciation of the young offenders’ experiences, for the purposes of making specific recommendations on their living conditions to Government, Parliament, and relevant Government Ministries and Departments. ii) To fulfil ZHRC’s obligation to monitor and inspect prisons (in terms of section 243(1)(k)(i) of the Constitution) to ensure the observance of human rights and humane treatment of inmates in relation to enjoyment of basic human rights and provision of their needs as provided for in the International and local standards and regulations. iii) To introduce the ZHRC, as the National Human Rights Institution with the mandate to promote and protect the rights of prisoners in Zimbabwe to inmates, prison officials and other, relevant stakeholders. 3. Methodology In carrying out the mission, the ZHRC made use of a combination of methodologies to gather information for the generation of practicable and informed recommendations. Throughout the inspection visit, the interactions were highly participatory in nature. The approaches adopted included desk review, purposive interviews especially with Officials, focus group discussions as well as observations. Page 3 of 21