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59 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1965</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceding agencies</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Federal Prison Service</li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Southern Rhodesia Prison Service</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dissolved</th><td class="infobox-data">1980<span class="noprint">; 44 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1980</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Superseding agency</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zimbabwe_Prison_Services&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zimbabwe Prison Services (page does not exist)">Zimbabwe Prison Services</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harare" title="Harare">Salisbury</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Tenax et Justus</i><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a>: "Just and Tenacious"</small></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Rhodesia Prison Service</b> (<b>RPS</b>) was a <a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_agency" title="Law enforcement agency">law enforcement agency</a> of <a href="/wiki/Rhodesia" title="Rhodesia">Rhodesia</a>. A subdivision of the <a href="/wiki/Rhodesian_Security_Forces" title="Rhodesian Security Forces">Rhodesian Security Forces</a>, it was responsible for the administration of the Rhodesian <a href="/wiki/Prison" title="Prison">prison</a> system. Established in 1954 as the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Rhodesia" title="Southern Rhodesia">Southern Rhodesia</a> Prison Department and incorporated into the federal prison service of the <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Rhodesia_and_Nyasaland" title="Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland">Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland</a>, it continued as the prison service of independent Rhodesia during the <a href="/wiki/Rhodesia%27s_Unilateral_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence">UDI</a> period. Upon <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe" title="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a>'s independence in 1980, it was dissolved and superseded by the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Zimbabwe_Prison_Services&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zimbabwe Prison Services (page does not exist)">Zimbabwe Prison Services</a>. </p><p>The RPS was led by the <a href="/wiki/Director_of_Prisons_of_Rhodesia" title="Director of Prisons of Rhodesia">director of prisons</a>, who was assisted by a deputy director and an assistant director. The first director of prisons was <a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Cameron_(Rhodesia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David Cameron (Rhodesia) (page does not exist)">David Cameron</a> in 1954, and the final officeholder was <a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Leslie_Patch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frank Leslie Patch (page does not exist)">Frank Leslie Patch</a>, serving from 1968 to 1980. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhodesia_Prison_Service&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to 1954, prisons in <a href="/wiki/Southern_Rhodesia" title="Southern Rhodesia">Southern Rhodesia</a> were administered by the Southern Rhodesia Prison Department (SRPD).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 30 November 1954, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Federal_Assembly_(Rhodesia_and_Nyasaland)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Federal Assembly (Rhodesia and Nyasaland) (page does not exist)">Federal Assembly</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Rhodesia_and_Nyasaland" title="Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland">Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland</a> passed the Prisons Department Act (49/1954), which incorporated the SRPD into the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Federal_Prison_Service&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Federal Prison Service (page does not exist)">Federal Prison Service</a> (FPS), effective 1 December 1954.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This arrangement continued until December 1963, when the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland dissolved and autonomy was returned to the individual colonies of Southern Rhodesia, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Rhodesia" title="Northern Rhodesia">Northern Rhodesia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nyasaland" title="Nyasaland">Nyasaland</a>, the latter two of which gained independence in 1964 as <a href="/wiki/Zambia" title="Zambia">Zambia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Malawi" title="Malawi">Malawi</a>, respectively. From 1963, the service continued as the Southern Rhodesia Prison Service (SRPS).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1965, shortly before <a href="/wiki/Rhodesia" title="Rhodesia">Rhodesia</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Rhodesia%27s_Unilateral_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence">unilateral declaration of independence</a> from the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, the SRPS began using the name Rhodesia Prison Service.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1980, upon <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe" title="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a>'s independence, the RPS was dissolved and superseded by the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Zimbabwe_Prisons_and_Correctional_Service&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (page does not exist)">Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organizational_structure">Organizational structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhodesia_Prison_Service&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Organizational structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administration_and_personnel">Administration and personnel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhodesia_Prison_Service&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Administration and personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The headquarters of the Rhodesia Prison Service was located at the corner of Fourth Street and Jameson Avenue (today renamed <a href="/wiki/Samora_Machel" title="Samora Machel">Samora Machel</a> Avenue).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="F1F1F1"> <th align="left" width="100"># </th> <th align="left" width="300">Ranks 1975 </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Director of Prisons </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Deputy Director of Prisons </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Assistant Director of Prisons </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>Senior Chief Superintendent </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Chief Superintendent </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>Superintendent </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Chief Prison Officer </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Principal Prison Officer </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>Established Prison Officer </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>Prison Officer </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>Chief Warder </td></tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>Sergeant Major </td></tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>Sergeant </td></tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>Corporal </td></tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>Lance Corporal </td></tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>Warder </td></tr> <tr> <td>Source:</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prison_system">Prison system</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhodesia_Prison_Service&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Prison system"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Rhodesia Prison Service administered more than 40 prisons.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Rhodesian Prison Service prisons </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Prison </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Security type </th> <th>Note(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Beitbridge_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Beitbridge Prison (page does not exist)">Beitbridge Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beitbridge" title="Beitbridge">Beitbridge</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belingwe_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Belingwe Prison (page does not exist)">Belingwe Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belingwe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Belingwe (page does not exist)">Belingwe</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bindura_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bindura Prison (page does not exist)">Bindura Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bindura" title="Bindura">Bindura</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Binga_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Binga Prison (page does not exist)">Binga Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Binga_District" title="Binga District">Binga</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiredzi_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chiredzi Prison (page does not exist)">Buffalo Range Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chiredzi" title="Chiredzi">Chiredzi</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Renamed Chiredzi Prison </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bulawayo_Central_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bulawayo Central Prison (page does not exist)">Bulawayo Central Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bulawayo" title="Bulawayo">Bulawayo</a> </td> <td>Medium/Remand </td> <td>Commonly known as Grey Street Prison </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chikurubi_Prison_Farm&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chikurubi Prison Farm (page does not exist)">Chikurubi Prison Farm</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Harare" title="Harare">Salisbury</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chikurubi_Prison" title="Chikurubi Prison">Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison</a> </td> <td>Maximum </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chikurubi_Medium_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chikurubi Medium Prison (page does not exist)">Chikurubi Medium Prison</a> </td> <td>Medium </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chipinga_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chipinga Prison (page does not exist)">Chipinga Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chipinge" title="Chipinge">Chipinga</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Connemara_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Connemara Prison (page does not exist)">Connemara Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gwelo" class="mw-redirect" title="Gwelo">Gwelo</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Closed 1979/80 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Enkeldoorn_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Enkeldoorn Prison (page does not exist)">Enkeldoorn Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chivhu" title="Chivhu">Enkeldoorn</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Renamed Chivhu Prison </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Victoria_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fort Victoria Prison (page does not exist)">Fort Victoria Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Masvingo" title="Masvingo">Fort Victoria</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Renamed Masvingo Prison </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gatooma_Prison_Farm&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gatooma Prison Farm (page does not exist)">Gatooma Prison Farm</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kadoma,_Zimbabwe" title="Kadoma, Zimbabwe">Gatooma</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Renamed Kadoma Prison Farm </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gonakudzingwa_restriction_camp" title="Gonakudzingwa restriction camp">Gonakudzingwa Detention Camp</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sango,_Zimbabwe" title="Sango, Zimbabwe">Vila Salazar</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Closed 1979 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorge_Grange_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gorge Grange Prison (page does not exist)">Gorge Grange Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Masvingo" title="Masvingo">Fort Victoria</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Satellite of Fort Victoria Prison; farm prison </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gwanda_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gwanda Prison (page does not exist)">Gwanda Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gwanda" title="Gwanda">Gwanda</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gwelo_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gwelo Prison (page does not exist)">Gwelo Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gwelo" class="mw-redirect" title="Gwelo">Gwelo</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Renamed Gweru Prison </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartley_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hartley Prison (page does not exist)">Hartley Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chegutu" title="Chegutu">Hartley</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Closed 1968 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Katambora_Reformatory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Katambora Reformatory (page does not exist)">Katambora Reformatory</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Formerly a prison </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karoi_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karoi Prison (page does not exist)">Karoi Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karoi" title="Karoi">Karoi</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kentucky Prison (page does not exist)">Kentucky Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harare" title="Harare">Salisbury</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Satellite of Salisbury Central Prison </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khami_Maximum_Security_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khami Maximum Security Prison (page does not exist)">Khami Maximum Security Prison</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Bulawayo" title="Bulawayo">Bulawayo</a> </td> <td>Maximum </td> <td>Held mentally ill prisoners </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khami_Medium_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khami Medium Prison (page does not exist)">Khami Medium Prison</a> </td> <td>Medium </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khami_Open_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khami Open Prison (page does not exist)">Khami Open Prison</a> </td> <td>Open </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marandellas_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marandellas Prison (page does not exist)">Marandellas Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marondera" title="Marondera">Marandellas</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Renamed Marondera Prison </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mrewa_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mrewa Prison (page does not exist)">Mrewa Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Murewa" title="Murewa">Mrewa</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Renamed Murewa Prison </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mtoko_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mtoko Prison (page does not exist)">Mtoko Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mutoko" title="Mutoko">Mtoko</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Sarum_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="New Sarum Prison (page does not exist)">New Sarum Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harare" title="Harare">Salisbury</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Satellite of Salisbury Central Prison </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anju_Prison_Farm&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anju Prison Farm (page does not exist)">Nyamandlovu Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nyamandhlovu" title="Nyamandhlovu">Nyamandhlovu</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Renamed Anju Prison Farm </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plumtree_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Plumtree Prison (page does not exist)">Plumtree Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Plumtree,_Zimbabwe" title="Plumtree, Zimbabwe">Plumtree</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Que_Que_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Que Que Prison (page does not exist)">Que Que Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kwekwe" title="Kwekwe">Que Que</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Renamed Kwekwe Prison </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rusape_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rusape Prison (page does not exist)">Rusape Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rusape" title="Rusape">Rusape</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Salisbury_Central_Prison" class="mw-redirect" title="Salisbury Central Prison">Salisbury Central Prison</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Harare" title="Harare">Salisbury</a> </td> <td>Medium <span style="font-size:85%;">(Maximum & remand sections)</span> </td> <td>Renamed Harare Central Prison </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Salisbury_Remand_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Salisbury Remand Prison (page does not exist)">Salisbury Remand Prison & Holding Centre</a> </td> <td>Remand </td> <td>Renamed Harare Central Remand Prison </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shabani_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shabani Prison (page does not exist)">Shabani Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zvishavane" title="Zvishavane">Shabani</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Renamed Zvishavane Prison </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinoia_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sinoia Prison (page does not exist)">Sinoia Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chinhoyi" title="Chinhoyi">Sinoia</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Renamed Chinhoyi Prison </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Selukwe_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Selukwe Prison (page does not exist)">Selukwe Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shurugwi" title="Shurugwi">Selukwe</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Renamed Shurugwi Prison </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tjoloto_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tjoloto Prison (page does not exist)">Tjoloto Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hwange" title="Hwange">Wankie</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Umtali_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Umtali Prison (page does not exist)">Umtali Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mutare" title="Mutare">Umtali</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Renamed Mutare Prison </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wankie_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wankie Prison (page does not exist)">Wankie Prison</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hwange" title="Hwange">Wankie</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Renamed Hwange Prison </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wha_Wha_Maximum_Security_Detention_Centre&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wha Wha Maximum Security Detention Centre (page does not exist)">Wha Wha Maximum Security Detention Centre</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gweru" title="Gweru">Gwelo</a> </td> <td>Maximum </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wha_Wha_Medium_Prison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wha Wha Medium Prison (page does not exist)">Wha Wha Medium Prison</a> </td> <td>Medium </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Seal_and_flag">Seal and flag</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhodesia_Prison_Service&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Seal and flag"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Seal_(emblem)" title="Seal (emblem)">seal</a> of the Rhodesia Prison Service consists of a yellow <a href="/wiki/Lion_(heraldry)" title="Lion (heraldry)">lion</a> with a red tongue and white claws, standing on a horizontal white bar. The background color of the circular emblem in which the lion stands is light green. Above the circle is the <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe_Bird" title="Zimbabwe Bird">Zimbabwe Bird</a>, of gold color and outlined in dark brown. Rising vertically through the center of the circle is a <a href="/wiki/Scabbard" title="Scabbard">sheathed</a> sword inlaid with silver design and with a black point. The <a href="/wiki/Hilt" title="Hilt">hilt</a> of the sword consisted of a gold <a href="/wiki/Hilt#Guard" title="Hilt">guard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pommel_(sword)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pommel (sword)">pommel</a>, and a black and white <a href="/wiki/Hilt#Grip" title="Hilt">grip</a>. Curved around the edge of the interior of the circle are the words "Rhodesia Prison Service" in white color. The lines of the circle are black, there are two white circular borders: one around the lion, and another serving as the exterior border of the emblem. Below the circle, just beneath the hilt of the sword, is the red and yellow flower of the <a href="/wiki/Gloriosa_superba" title="Gloriosa superba">flame lily</a>, Rhodesia's national flower.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The flag of the Rhodesia Prison Service was a light green flag, of 2:1 proportions, with the RPS emblem in the center. The RPS emblem and flag were designed by Alan Simpson.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhodesia_Prison_Service&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-:0-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rhodesianprisonservices.ca/index.html">"RPS Home Page"</a>. <i>www.rhodesianprisonservices.ca</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2017-12-15</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.rhodesianprisonservices.ca&rft.atitle=RPS+Home+Page&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rhodesianprisonservices.ca%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARhodesia+Prison+Service" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBeadle1963" class="citation book cs1">Beadle, Hugh (1963). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=uss_AQAAIAAJ"><i>The statute law of Southern Rhodesia, in force on or made before the 30th day of April, 1963</i></a>. Printed by Mardon Rhodesian Printers. pp. 309–10.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+statute+law+of+Southern+Rhodesia%2C+in+force+on+or+made+before+the+30th+day+of+April%2C+1963&rft.pages=309-10&rft.pub=Printed+by+Mardon+Rhodesian+Printers&rft.date=1963&rft.aulast=Beadle&rft.aufirst=Hugh&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Duss_AQAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARhodesia+Prison+Service" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rhodesianprisonservices.ca/insignia.html">"Rhodesia Prison Service Insignia." <i>Prison Service of Rhodesia.</i></a> Retrieved 2019-09-01.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist 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