The Second Prison

The Second Prison
Every month in Singapore, about 1,000 prisoners walked out free from their prison gates...only to face a second prison. Cos the society has rejected them. "Once a criminal, always a criminal", "They deserved it", "They don't deserve a second chance". The voice of hatred for the hurt they did.

They may be free. But for the victims, their scars are forever. For some, nothing really restore their lives.

They deserve a second chance. But how come I don't hear the Govt openly say they will help them get a job, that they will not discriminate them in their job applications? Either I am ignorant or it is not politically correct. I guessed I know what they are going to say, "We don't want to encourage them to think that it is alright to commit crime cos the govt will take care of them"

HR still wants to know if they have a past. The past affects the future for these ex-convicts. With a tainted past, they had no future.

Crime does not pay, even when they have paid for their crime inside the prison cells.