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Some Insights Into Rehabilitation

In: The Making Of Captains Of Lives Prison Reform in Singapore: 1999 to 2007

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  • Chua Chin Kiat

    (Centre For Enabled Living, Singapore)

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Many people are fascinated by the notion of rehabilitation. At the core of the matter is the question: how can people be changed? The belief that people cannot change is encapsulated by that immortal saying: “a leopard cannot change its spots!” To change people in normal everyday life is indeed difficult, if not impossible. Life has too many temptations and distractions and most people are not able to pursue a course of change single-mindedly. Prison, however, provides a unique environment in which change is not only possible, but an everyday occurrence. At one fell stroke, a prisoner is stripped of his or her past and given a fresh opportunity to restart. You cannot have a more egalitarian society than the one in prison, where education, social standing, wealth, affiliations and profession do not matter one bit. Everyone is treated as equals and nobody gets better treatment because of who they were before they come to prison.

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  • Chua Chin Kiat, 2012. "Some Insights Into Rehabilitation," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: The Making Of Captains Of Lives Prison Reform in Singapore: 1999 to 2007, chapter 13, pages 93-101, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789814383837_0013
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