occur in the prisons of Zimbabwe by employing ex -convicts whenever there is the opportunity to do so. 8. The Department of Social Welfare should consider the appropriateness of extending community service to juveniles. 9. (i) While welcoming the sentencing conference involving the judiciary in August 1996, a future conference involving the judiciary, police and prisons will advance further the redressing of the concerns which led to the former conference, and should therefore be seriously pursued. 9. (ii) Towards the same end a conference of the Bench, Bar, Faculty of Law, Police and Prison is likely to serve similar end, and the Prison Service is encouraged to take the initiative to bring it to fruition.