The renovation and improvement work at the Corradino Correctional Facility is not only leading to an improvement in the environment for workers and people living in the Facility, but is also giving life to projects that are strengthening the rehabilitation aspect.
This can be done, because the Corradino Correctional Facility is now drug-free, with more order, which benefits the people in the Facility because more attention can be given to rehabilitation. Evidence of this is the new learning hub at the Facility which is equipped with modern classrooms and with everything necessary to be used for education and training, both for workers and people living in the Facility.
A new project, which is already leading to the desired results, with the administration of the Correctional Services Agency continuing to invest so that this investment translates into better people who are ready to reintegrate into society, with the guidance of more trained workers and recruits to provide not only a better service, but also a more informed one.
At the inauguration of this learning hub, the Minister for Home Affairs, Security and Employment Byron Camilleri, reiterated that this Government, complemented by the dedication of the workers and professionals that the Correctional Facility currently has, has made and is making a total change, with a genuine attempt in favour of further rehabilitation. The Minister described this learning hub as one that plays a key role in this rehabilitation, with the aim of enabling a person who is serving a prison sentence to learn and train.
This is so that once they return to society, they will be a better person, trained enough to find a job and therefore have the opportunity to live a normal life and away from acts that will lead them back to the Facility. He concluded, therefore, that this project is a testament to the Government’s clear thinking for the Correctional Facility as well as the results and progress that have been achieved, results that the Government will not rest on but will continue to build on.
Chief Executive of the Correctional Services Agency, Chris Siegersma reiterated the importance of education in the rehabilitation process. He explained that this is how the Court’s sentence will truly be carried out, as during their sentence the people living in the Facility will be given all the tools through learning — both academic and practical — to be prepared for the needs of the job market so that once they return to society they can live a normal life that keeps them away from crime, which also means that we will have fewer victims.
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