Yellow Ribbon Project

Gordonator SG · 2005-09-12T22:46:12+00:00

For 5 years, I left Prison.... I faced ppl looking down on me... I slowly pick up myself... ... I never commit any crime, now. Give Me a Break, Man.... We W...

Gordonator SG

yup, the yellow ribbon project is here again. Cool

will like to know your point of view if let say u are the boss of a company, will u give the ex-convict a second chance by hiring him?

iveco SG

Depends on the type of offence committed. I will not have a convicted paedophile in any position no matter what.

chunyong SG

wake up, its nothing more than a wayang show….gahmen ownself dun do say wat oso no use

robertteh SG

One would have thought that yellow ribbon is a project to reclaim, redeem if not to resurrect criminals from the consequences of some careless acts and give them a second chance to live their lives. If so, we should look at ways to prevent new ones from getting into wrongful acts and gollecting yellow ribbons.

But look at the way we are criminalising all the small acts of wrongfulness and look at the way we are trying to send more and more ordinary people to go in and collect more yellow ribbons.

Falling rubbish, chewing a gum, failing to top up petrol tanks and letting out your flats carelessly to some foreigners etc are all new ways of ensnarling people in yellow ribbons. Why do we want to get more people in there to collect their yellow ribbons when the simplest way is to be more foregiving.

Are we a caring society or are we trying every way and means of making criminals out of ordinary people for small acts of carelessness or are we contradicting oursleves.

hisoka SG

why not? at least better than thieves if you are running a company right?

chunyong SG

dats y i say its a wayang.... Laughing

Gordonator SG

seriously, when i think about it, if let say i'm a boss, i'll love to give a convict a 2nd chance, but if something or a sum of money is stolen from the company, i can't help but cast a suspicious eye on the ex-convict, eventhough he might not be the one who stole it. quite a dilemma. Neutral

bila_prem SG

Yellow Ribbon is a good campaign that gives ex convicts a 2nd chance in job opportunities. A turning point for the government to emphasise some social aspects to getting them a decent way of life. Well, ex convicts also want to get a decent job and lead a life. If ex convict have difficulty getting a job, then they might resort to stealing and many other crimes. To change their mindset, they need a job to steer their thoughts to getting a better future.

iveco SG

In the first place, we need judicial reform. Right now, it seems quite easy for the system to lay a conviction.

RaTtY81 SG

aiyo another wayang show…

ßÇÖ® SG

Can i have the honour of cutting the ribbon?

ßÇÖ® SG

Which company want to hire ex convicts?

Some of these convicts are habitual mentally affected sociopaths. THey will get tempted to do crime again in the right environment stimuli

iveco SG

Are you saying those who let out rooms to illegal workers unwittingly are to be condemned until the day they die? Surely not. Rolling Eyes

But those convicted killers and paedophiles belong to a different class altogether.

LazerLordz SG

Precisely.

We have a small population, yet the govt doesnt really value the citizens, yet brings in third-rate sputum expelling students from PRCs to infest the land.

countdracula SG

just curious if folks know that yellow ribbon was chosen because of a popular folk song in the 60-70’s era. the lyrics was basically about a man asking the lover to tie a yellow ribbon round an old oak tree if she still accepts him after years of absence.

sbst275 SG

Well, we have to open our hearts for those that have really reformed...

Afterall, who is perfect?

bila_prem SG

Remember the history of singapore where convicts from india were brought to singapore to build the cathederal church located around city hall. Not forgetting their hard-work building roads in singapore. Ex-convicts are will to work hard if they are given a chance. Let nature takes its course. They’ll change their ways.

FireIce SG

i know of some ex-convicts who found work and gained trust of employers
but somehow they are restricted to certain jobs and scope of work....

timothytsgsg SG

I think when comes to re-employing convicts is a case-by-case basis. Basically not all are bad and not all are also good. There will always b people who regret going to jail for a stupid, silly offence and will wanna rebuild their lives once they are released.

At the opposite end, there are hardcore criminals who will always be the bad ones, whether in jail or not. If they cant promise to change their ways or break their trusts and bail, then I would rather just extend their jail sentences instead of releasing them.

Because I do know these people simply will not use their 2nd chance as an opportunity to improve themselves and change for the better.

earthlings73 SG

I'm worried about a few things:

1) In my impression, I thought by the time the convicts are released, shouldn't they be ready for the society? Isn't the amount of time spent behind bar which correlate with the seriousness of the crime which correlate with the amount of time the prison can help to correct that person?

Hence, if someone is released from the prison, should we start to believe in the corrective action done by the prison? If not, why release him? Mr. Green

2) An even more serious problem.. Convict is a label. Ex-convict is another label. Why do we have to emphasise on the term ex-convict at all? And wouldn't a project such as Yellow Ribbon make their identity as an ex-convict even more salient?

3) I'm not sure, but I thot you do not have to disclose everything when you apply for a job.. And a record such as this will be available most likely only to the civil service.. Wouldn't it be better for the government to take the lead in employment? Rather than to label them as ex-convicts?

4) If a society requires the government to remind their citizens not to discriminate, what kind of society would that be?