Linkage Programme - Show proof of scheme’s effectiveness

The annual report of the Linkage Programme — which is aimed at assisting former offenders by helping them to gain access to training, education and employment — was published yesterday.

Prison has three functions: punishment, rehabilitation, and protecting the public. While incarceration is inevitably a punishment, it simultaneously protects the public from further offences that might be committed and it affords an opportunity for rehabilitation.

Prisoners who come from broken, dysfunctional families may never have had a proper chance in life. Everyone deserves a chance.