00:00Long Circular Mall was transformed today as prison inmates displayed their artwork as part of their rehabilitation for viewing by members of the public.
00:09A range of subjects was on display from nature to a painting of Jesus Christ.
00:14Acting Commissioner of Prisons, Hayden Ford, said the prison service is in a dark space right now, but programs like these help shed light in a positive way on the institution.
00:25That light we are seeing in the inmates who are presenting these wonderful masterpieces this morning.
00:36When other inmates choose to do wrong things, we have several inmates who focus on moving themselves out of darkness.
00:56He says the prison service stands by five strategic priorities to protect, correct, relate, restore and reintegrate.
01:04Adding the prison is not just a place to lock up people and turn their backs.
01:08That the stigma attached to persons who left the prison, it does not leave.
01:24What does that say for us as a society?
01:26That when someone serves a prison sentence, they cannot be reformed, they cannot be rehabilitated?
01:36I say no.
01:39Does that mean that everyone who leaves prison must be looked at and must be closely supervised?
01:50I say no.
01:52Coordinator of the Raja Yoga Prison Ministry, Kena Rang Singh, says the exhibition is a testimony to the power of second chances and the impact of art on rehabilitation.
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