6.11 GoZ continued to partner various development and technical partners in an endeavor to improve prison conditions. Areas of partnerships included human rights training of officers, rehabilitation of inmates, enhancement of dietary and necessities for inmates as well as production improvement. Prison Inspections 6.12 In accordance with the Constitution and international best practice, ad hoc and regular prison inspections continued through the judiciary, Parliamentary Portfolio Committees and the ZHRC. 6.13. Mental patients who are alleged to have committed criminal offences are detained at special institutions for purposes of treatment. Accused persons who are proved to have been mentally disordered at the time of the commission of the offence area dealt with in terms of the Mental Health Act31, which empowers the courts to retain a special verdict of guilty but insane. Prison officials receive training on the treatment and care of mentally challenged offenders. 6.14. All the above measures address the following recommendations made by this Commission: a. That Zimbabwe to ensure that the conditions of arrest, preliminary interrogation and detention of suspects comply with the principles of the Robben Island Guidelines32; and b. That Zimbabwe should adopt a holistic approach to prison decongestion and conditions of detention in the prisons, and ensure that the planned policy on Pre-Trial Diversion aimed at 31 Chapter 15:12 32 Recommendation 29 (f) (Concluding observations) Page | 21

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