ALL prisons should establish gardens to ensure food security, a Swapo MP in the National Council has urged.
Barakias Namwandi was speaking during debate on the budget allocation of the Directorate of Prisons and Correctional Services. Namwandi said at the moment crops are only grown by inmates at the Divundu Rehabilitation Centre in the Kavango Region, but other prisons should follow its example.He said skills training programmes should also be implemented at all prisons, including the Hardap Prison, as this would help prisoners to get jobs after their release.Namwandi is a regional councillor from the Hardap Region.Namwandi said at the moment crops are only grown by inmates at the Divundu Rehabilitation Centre in the Kavango Region, but other prisons should follow its example.He said skills training programmes should also be implemented at all prisons, including the Hardap Prison, as this would help prisoners to get jobs after their release.Namwandi is a regional councillor from the Hardap Region.
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