KOTA KINABALU: The community should take a leap of faith and give opportunities to ex-convicts or those under parole to work and live amongst them, says the Prisons Department.
Its deputy director-general Datuk Ibrisam Abdul Rahman said for these people to recover from their mistakes and start over, jail time alone would not be enough.
He said ex-convicts would not be able to change and move on if the community continues to stigmatise them.He said such programmes included parole and corporate smart internship where individuals who pass a physical and mental assessment would get a chance to work outside the prison, with supervision.
"If we save them by allowing them to slowly get back out there and earn a decent living, they too save us by first cutting down government costs to feed and house them in prisons and secondly by allowing them to contribute economically through work and spending," said Ibrisam, adding that this would also reduce prison congestion.
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