The society needs to accept and show love to ex-inmates to prevent them from going back to a criminal life.
This was the submission of participants on Focal Point, a discussion program from the stables of Radio Nigeria Ibadan.
The Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Oyo State, Mr. Olanrewaju Anjorin noted that many of the inmates have been reformed and trained while in custody but it is lack of acceptance from the society that usually frustrates them.
Similarly, a social worker with the Hope for Second Chance Foundation, Mrs. Dorcas Babatunde said the many challenges ex-inmates face such as difficulty accessing housing, getting a job or customers make them feel they do not belong to the society.
Mrs. Babatunde who said there were few numbers of religious and nongovernmental organizations such as PRAWA and OSIWA, supporting ex-inmates, advocated a robust synergy for easy reintegration.
The discussants stressed that it is what the society give to the ex-inmates that it gets in return hence the need to give them a second chance.
Anthonia Akanji
