Corrections Department in move to develop prisoners' vocational skills

[snoop1130]

Corrections Department in move to develop prisoners' vocational skills

By THE NATION

 

 

The Corrections Department has joined hands with a university and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to improve prisoners’ vocational skills.

 

On Thursday (December 12), Pol Colonel Narat Svetanan, director-general of the Corrections Department, signed a memorandum of understanding with Jongrak Watcharinrat, acting president of Kasetsart University, and Chonrungsee Chalermchaikit, president of the Federation of Thai SMEs, for a cooperative project to develop prisoners' social and vocational skills.

 

“Under this MoU, the Corrections Department will work together with Kasetsart University and SME operators in organising training courses and activities that promote social and career skills of prisoners, aiming especially to familiarise them with new innovations that have emerged while they have been in correctional facilities,” he said.

 

“Vocational courses provided under this MoU aim to equip learners with fundamental knowledge and skills that will enable them to start their own business without relying on employers or entrepreneurs, which has always been a challenge for ex-convicts.”

 

The director-general further added that the Federation of Thai SMEs will support the programme by providing intensive training courses based on prisoners' skills and aptitude, aiming to improve their skills to technician or specialist level which will help expand their career opportunities. “Moreover, members of the federation have agreed to provide training programmes at their facilities for parolees, which is a great opportunity to guarantee employment after the correctional process,” he added.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30379357

 

-- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2019-12-12

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[RichardColeman]

So, teaching them to renovate guns isn't big now ?

[Oziex1]

Drug dealers to parliament.

[hotchilli]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Corrections Department has joined hands with a university and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to improve prisoners’ vocational skills.

Good luck with that... correcting 17 years of government education which proved fruitless!

[OKF]

should start that with the general public as well....

[ChipButty]

They go in as a car thief and comes out as a bank robber

[Redline]

What about the justice system and living conditions in prison?

[JingerBen]

There is an immense amount of skill and talent in Thai prisons.

That used to be on full display at the annual Sin Kah Kook - Prison Products Fair in Chiang Mai that included prisons from all over the country.

It has been curtailed or stopped altogether by do-gooders who object to "prison labor" or other bleeding heart issues.

Stop locking people up for minor non-violent offences and things will be a lot better for everybody.

[ratcatcher]

22 minutes ago, JingerBen said:

There is an immense amount of skill and talent in Thai prisons.

That used to be on full display at the annual Sin Kah Kook - Prison Products Fair in Chiang Mai that included prisons from all over the country.

It has been curtailed or stopped altogether by do-gooders who object to "prison labor" or other bleeding heart issues.

Stop locking people up for minor non-violent offences and things will be a lot better for everybody.

So true. Train them to be welders, carpenters, bricklayers. Give them a useful trade. It's been done before as you said, some of the stuff they used to sell at prisons was excellent quality and workmanship. Nothing new.