On 2nd December, In But Free (IBF) joined the Solwezi Correctional Facility in commemorating the 2025 World AIDS Day under the theme “Overcoming Disruption, Transforming the AIDS Response.” The Acting Solwezi District Commissioner, Dr Anthony Fulwe, who served as the Guest of Honour, emphasised the ongoing need to fight HIV, noting that while correctional facilities […]
Networking and advocacy are very important to ensure that the organisation influences policy change for the good of the inmates. In this regard, IBF participated in the Prisons Day of Prayer which was held on the 26th September 2020 in Lusaka at The Holy Cross Cathedral.All regions of the Zambia Correctional Service across the country
Beginning in 2025, In But Free, with support from JAC Trust, launched the Climate-Smart Agriculture Project at Meheba Refugee Settlement in Northwestern Province. Home to over 34,000 people, Meheba is the largest refugee settlement in Zambia and faces persistent challenges of food insecurity driven by droughts, depleted soils, limited farming technologies, and restricted livelihood opportunities
Since 2022, In But Free has partnered with Ubumi Prison Initiative, with support from Civil Society in Development (CISU), to implement the Mental Health Continues to Matter Project across 11 correctional facilities in Lusaka, Central, Eastern, and Copperbelt Provinces. On the Copperbelt, In But Free leads implementation in Kamfinsa Male, Kamfinsa Female, Ndola Remand, and
Since 2021, In But Free, with support from LHL International (Norway), has been implementing the Building Bridges Project across 13 correctional facilities in Zambia, reaching over 9,000 inmates and correctional officers in the Copperbelt, Central, and Northwestern Provinces. The initiative responds to the high burden of TB, HIV, and other infectious diseases in correctional settings
IBF was privileged to be visited by LHL-I Senior Advisor to Zambia Dr Verónica Álvarez-Mañón. The visit was meant to orient Dr Mañón on the Programmes that IBF has been implementing, her visit was from 17th to 31st March 2023. The first part of the visit comprised of a meeting with all the IBF staff.
In But Free (IBF) has been in existence for over 26 years. Since its inception, It has continued to provide evidence-based interventions for the better health and welfare of communities in Zambian correctional facilities with a focus on achieving full protection for inmates against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and other associated infections and mental illnesses. 7th October,
IBF held an Anti-corruption workshop for Senior Zambia Correctional Officers in Kabwe on the 14th October 2022 at Urban Bliss Hotel. Officers that attended the workshop where from Zambia Correctional Headquarters, Central Region as well as the Officers In charge of the facilities where IBF is implementing the Building Bridges Project in Kabwe. The workshop
In But Free and Ubumi Prisons Initiative on 13th October 2022 launched the Project Mental Health Matters 2 funded by CISU. The Mental Health Matters Project will be implemented in Correctional facilities in four(4) Provinces namely Copperbelt, Central and Lusaka and Southern Provinces. The project aims at addressing mental health challenges within the correctional facilities.
IN-BUT FREE in partnership with the Ministry of Home Affairs continued its effort to build the capacity of Inmates in the area of psychosocial counseling. The training aimed at enhancing the quality of psychosocial counseling service provision in the correctional facilities in Zambia After the successful psychosocial training that was conducted at Mukobeko Maximum Correctional
