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China has been very successful at crime control while South Africa has neglected rehabilitation and failed dismally at resettling ex-offenders.
An inmate busy in the woodwork area of The Leeuwkop Correctional Facility.
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One way to break the cycles that return offenders to prison is through the way society treats ex-offenders, providing them with basic human needs such as employment.
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Hiring ex-offenders is good for business, and good for society.
Stigmatising and shaming ex-offenders hampers efforts to reintegrate them into society.
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Politicians’ knee jerk dismissal of an idea that could help rehabilitate ex-offenders is
unhelpful.
Punishing ex-offenders via legislation disregards due process of law, and is given without objective considerations.
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Ex-offenders should be given a fair chance to redeem themselves after serving their time.