Prisoners must be given a CHANCE :)

A prisoner must be given a chance? You will be shock enough after reading my topic. Do not be too stereotype, do not be too judgmental person first. All you need is open up your mind, and take a breath to think deeply about what I'm going to say and maybe my opinion is contradict from yours but first of all, let me express my views.

After read the newspaper excerpt dated 3 March, 2013 taken from News Strait Times. I would like to give my response towards "Prisoners to get varsity-level courses" column. 

From my point of view, general public does not giving any chance towards ex-prisoners as they think the person might redo his or her mistakes in the past. Listen up fellas, try to put yourself in their shoes first. You might feel how does it hurt just because of public's narrow-minded. 

I do believes what The Prisoners Department do is a good thing to be done as they implementing several measures to enhance the skills and educational level of prisoners in order to increase their competency after serving their sentence. This might be helpful and give a lots of benefit to them. When they are going out from the jail, at least they have 'something' or ability to show and use them to find a job. 

By one of the phrase in the context, "Wahab (Home Affair Ministry's deputy secretary general) said the department earned RM17 million from the sale of handicraft made by prisoners last year". This sentence showed that by giving the prisoners a skill, they can help in increasing our country profit and improve economy level by doing at least handicraft even though they are in the jail.

Prisoners also need a higher education too just like what The Open University do, they offered 10 scholarships in various field to the prisoners. This can give them a chance to improve their education. Some of them is brilliant actually but the previous past mistake be the obstacle. So, by providing this chance, it can help them to be an educated person in the future and pushing away their past.

I believe people can make a new assumption towards prisoners by not looking at their past mistakes. By giving a golden chance to them, it can make their life better and they might not repeat their mistake again. Everybody change. Remind that in mind. Do not judge them. They are also need help and support from us. No one is perfect and it is a lie if we does not made a wrongdoings, so forgive them and motivate them :)