Offenders need embrace
The Citizen|July 12, 2024
REHABILITATION: STIGMA THE REASON EX-CONVICTS FAIL TO REINTEGRATE
Casper Lotter
Offenders need embrace

Opportunity for minister to carve an enduring legacy.

0ur government of national unity has the potential to usher in a dispensation of transparency and renewed confidence in the authorities. With this in mind, I have compiled a wish list for Minister of Correctional Services Pieter Groenewald.

1.It is well known that South est and most unsustainable recidivism rates in the world at around 86-94%. Compare this with Japan's 48%, China's 6-8% (two countries that embrace integrative shaming rather than stigmatising shaming practices) and Finland's 31%. The United States, yet another stigmatising shaming culture, has a recidivism rate of 77%. This means that about nine out of every 10 offenders in South Africa reoffend. The emasculating stigma against ex-offenders is the single most important factor in why offenders are unable to reintegrate into the communities from which they were removed.

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