Society have responsibility to re-integration of former inmates

In South Africa two thirds of previous offenders are unable to find jobs four months after the release. Of the third that do, 33 percent are employed in family businesses, 33 percent return to the jobs that they held before imprisonment and the rest find work through social networks. But for the vast majority formal employment remains elusive. Society is untrusting of former inmates and they ostracise them because of their criminal records. Our guest was Jacques Sibomana from National Institute for Crime Prevention for the Re-integration of Offenders to tell us more. For more info visit www.nicro.org or call 021 462 0017