Photo Source : Yellow Ribbon Project websiteThe aim of this new initiative, "Corporate Doors" was mooted by the Industrial and Services Co-operative Society and the Singapore Business Federation, is to get companies to hire at least one ex-offender to give them a chance at a new lease of life. More than 50 companies have already signed up for the Corporate Doors initiative.
The recidivism rate of prisoners is going down – in 1988, 44 per cent of ex-convicts landed in jail again, but by 2006, the figure was down to 25 per cent.
The Yellow Ribbon Project (official launch in 2004) has been successful in raising public awareness about the difficulties and challenges of ex-offenders and their families. , meaning they would be employing at least one ex-offender in their company.
It is encouraging that the Government has been supporting such projects to re-introduce the ex-inmates into the society and giving them a chance to start life afresh.
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