Prisons Dept: Hiring parolees gives them a fresh lease on life


KOTA KINABALU: The community should take a leap of faith and give opportunities to ex-convicts or those on parole to work and live among them, said the Prisons Department.

Its deputy director-general Datuk Ibrisam Abdul Rahman said for these people to recover from their mistakes and start over, jail time alone would not be enough.

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