17-Mar-22 18:00

Associate Professor Dr Cheah Phaik Kin, Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman | Ignatius Wong, Grace Rehab Centre

Malaysia's Prisons Department aims to have 23,000 inmates serving lenient sentences undergo parole and the Community Rehabilitation Programme (CRP) by 2030. First, we discuss the value of community-based rehabilitation, and alternative modes of rehabilitation to prevent relapse. Then, we try to understand the struggles of finding employment for people with criminal records.

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