DAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 28 -- PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa has commended the Tanzania Prisons Services (TPS) for successfully formalising vocational training for inmates through the Vocational Education and Training Authority (VETA), a move that has empowered many former prisoners to secure employment or start their own businesses after release.

Through newly developed vocational and technical training curricula, the department of corrections has positively impacted the lives of more than 5,000 inmates.

Some of them have already managed to become self-employed or find jobs upon reintegration into society.

Speaking at the 64th anniversary celebrations of the Tanzania Prisons Services (TPS), held on Tuesday at the Tanzania Correctional Tra...