IN keeping with the Guyana Prison Service’s vigorous rehabilitation drive, 12 inmates at the Mazaruni Prison have recently commenced training in electrical installations, carpentry and joinery.

Director of Prisons (ag), Nicklon Elliot, said that the purpose of the courses is to increase inmates’ resolve by teaching them practical skills that they may hone in these classes at different levels and use to obtain employment after their release.

“That is why it is crucial to think ahead and to prepare prisoners for their re-integration into society,” Elliot said.

Head of the Welfare and Corrections Department, Marielle Bristol-Grant, has launched a number of rehabilitation programmes during the first quarter of the year with the goal of preparing offenders for re-integration into society.

More than 250 prisoners will graduate from various programmes throughout the locations in April 2023, according to Grant.

Recently, Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, urged senior prison officers to put more effort into rehabilitating inmates so that they can be better re-integrated into society upon their release.

Training has also commenced in the areas of anger management, block making, tailoring, digital skills, cosmetology, animal and crop husbandry, yoga, aquaculture, family reconciliation along with culinary arts.