On 28th January, 2022, 41 prisoners graduated from Balaka-Half Way House in various trades such as Carpentry and Joinery, Electrical Installation, Plumbing, Tailoring, and Welding and Fabrication.

After Six months training, the inmates were awarded certificates by TEVETA and got take home tools as a starter pack.

Balaka Half-Way House is a facility where inmates whose sentences are about to expire are taken and enrolled in various trades as part of the rehabilitation programmes being offered by the Malawi Prisons Service to prisoners.

This was the first cohort of prisoners who are still serving to graduate. Two previous cohorts were of prisoners whose sentences had already expired.

Prisoners at this facility are called “residents” and are provided descent meals and accommodation. The Half-Way House programme is very crucial for Prisoners’ successful reintegration into their respective societies.

In the pictures, Residents in red work suits are seen receiving certificates and take home tools at a function that was presided over by Balaka District Commissioner Dr. McLoud Kadammanja.

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