The latest initiative anchored on five strategies, including maximising the employability of inmates and ex-offenders.
Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam and Commissioner of SPS Shie Yong Lee at the launch of the YRP 20th Anniversary celebrations on April 30.
Launching Corrections 2030 at the 2024 SPS-Yellow Ribbon Singapore workplan seminar, held at the Singapore Expo on April 30, Commissioner of SPS Shie Yong Lee said SPS and YRSG will leverage technology and community partnerships to help former offenders desist from a life of crime and drugs through their programmes.
“For ex-offenders, getting and staying in a job is critical in both keeping them from re-offending, and for getting them to uplift themselves,” said Mr Shanmugam. In addition, Inmates released on supervision are able to help themselves via Self-Help and Rehabilitation e-Resources mobile app , which includes features to provide easy access to information that can facilitate their reintegration into the community.
When the business landscape faced a manpower crunch post-Covid, more employers were willing to hire former inmates.
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