e) Female prisoners should also engaged in and encouraged to take part in other vocational activities such as motor mechanic, woodwork in order to expand their choices and possibility of reintegration into society without dependent on others after their release. IV. To donors and the international community a) The donor and international community should continue their support to the prison sector in South Africa. Emphasis should be placed on staff training, curriculum development and the establishment of programmes that would emphasise prisoners’ rehabilitation and reintegration into society; b) The international community should also encourage exchange programmes or study tours for prison officials; c) The international community should support government’s efforts in the field of research in areas such as alternative forms of punishment, noncustodial sentences and community service programmes. V) To the African Union a) The Commission of the African Union should collaborate with members of the Southern African Development Community to explore the possibility of prisoner exchange. To this end, the African Union should organise in collaboration with SADC a meeting of SADC Ministers of Corrections. b) The African Union should make prisons and conditions of detention an important indicator in the peer review process of the NEPAD. 67