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Community Based Rehabilitation For Inmates

Associate Professor Dr Cheah Phaik Kin, Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul RahmanIgnatius Wong, Grace Rehab Centre

Evening Edition · Inside Story · 17 Mar 2022 · 37 mins listen

Malaysia’s Prisons Department aims to have 23,000 inmates serving lenient sentences undergo parole and the Community Rehabilitation Programme (CRP) by 2030. First, we discuss the value of community-based rehabilitation, and alternative modes of rehabilitation to prevent relapse. Then, we try to understand the struggles of finding employment for people with criminal records.

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Produced by:

Alia Zefri,Jeremy Ng

Presented by:

Sharmilla Ganesan,Lee Chwi Lynn

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personal development,social issues

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