Ex-offenders should be made prison wardens in South Africa. Here’s why: An inmate busy in the woodwork area of The Leeuwkop Correctional Facility. WIKUS DE WET/AFP via Getty Images Appointing former prisoners – or ex-offenders – as prison wardens is an international trend in corrections from which South Africa’s Department of Correctional Services can take …
Good for business and good for society: how organisations can hire more ex-offenders: shutterstock ex cons working Walk down any high street in the UK and chances are you’ll find a Timpson key-cutting and shoe-repair outlet – and the person behind the counter may well be a former offender, as are 10% of its 4,500 …
Ex-offenders in South Africa should get a resettlement grant. Here’s why: Stigmatising and shaming ex-offenders hampers efforts to reintegrate them into society. shutterstock South Africa’s prison authorities have proposed paying unemployed ex-offenders a social grant for a transitional period after serving their sentences. The grant would provide thousands who re-enter society every year with some …