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Rhodesia Prison Service
The insignia of the Rhodesia Prison Service, featuring the Zimbabwe Bird.
Agency overview
Formed
1965; 59 years ago (1965)
Preceding agencies
Federal Prison Service
Southern Rhodesia Prison Service
Dissolved
1980; 44 years ago (1980)
Superseding agency
Zimbabwe Prison Services
Headquarters
Salisbury
Motto
Tenax et Justus Latin: "Just and Tenacious"
The Rhodesia Prison Service (RPS) was a law enforcement agency of Rhodesia. A subdivision of the Rhodesian Security Forces, it was responsible for the administration of the Rhodesian prison system. Established in 1954 as the Southern Rhodesia Prison Department and incorporated into the federal prison service of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, it continued as the prison service of independent Rhodesia during the UDI period. Upon Zimbabwe's independence in 1980, it was dissolved and superseded by the Zimbabwe Prison Services.
The RPS was led by the director of prisons, who was assisted by a deputy director and an assistant director. The first director of prisons was David Cameron in 1954, and the final officeholder was Frank Leslie Patch, serving from 1968 to 1980.
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