These are very real questions from prisoners who are about to finish their prison sentences at the career and employment information and counseling program. These questions not only contain worries about reintegrating into the community but also the desire to rebuild their lives after mistakes and failures.
We met Ta Tan T. (born in 1990) at Dac Tan Prison when T. had only 28 days left to complete his prison sentence. According to T., he was born into a family of 4 siblings in Cu M'gar district. His family was poor, so T. dropped out of school when he was 10 years old and followed his uncle to sell lottery tickets. Later, T. learned to be a barber and opened a shop. However, due to his reckless youth and love of playing, at the age of 18, T. was convicted of robbery and then escaped from detention with a total sentence of more than 17 years in prison.
Prisoners learn to make tables and chairs from plastic rattan at Dac Tan Prison. |
During his sentence, T. learned many trades such as: bamboo weaving, water hyacinth weaving, making fake eyelashes... The prison guards encouraged,educated , and disseminated legal knowledge, and his family regularly visited and encouraged him, but because he had been serving his sentence for so long, T. was still worried that he would be confused and unable to adapt to the changes in social life when reintegrating into the community.
The closer the day of return, T. became more and more nervous to the point of losing sleep, hoping that after being released from prison, she would have a suitable job to support herself and make amends with her parents. For Ms. Nguyen Thi Tan M. (born in 1991), having a job is also the key to reducing her inferiority complex when returning to reintegrate into the community.
During her 9 years serving her sentence at Dak Trung Prison for drug trafficking, Ms. M. learned jobs such as weaving duckweed, tapping rubber, growing passion fruit, growing mulberry trees, etc. This September, Ms. M. will finish serving her sentence and return to live with her family in Buon Ma Thuot City.
She plans to enroll in a culinary course, and have the opportunity to find a job locally to be close to her family, take care of her young children, and break away from her past mistakes and start a new life.
At two prisons located in the province under the Ministry of Public Security , namely Dac Tan Prison and Dak Trung Prison, each year, on average, about 1,300 prisoners who have completed their prison sentences return to reintegrate into the community. Depending on the time of rehabilitation, ability, level, and health, most prisoners receive basic vocational training right in prison and continue to enjoy preferential policies on vocational training and loans after completing their prison sentences.
Lieutenant Colonel Pham Van Ton, Deputy Warden of Dac Tan Prison, said that Dac Tan Prison currently manages nearly 2,200 prisoners, of which 60% are between the ages of 20 and 50, many of whom are illiterate and have low educational attainment. Therefore, the unit has focused on implementing vocational education (VET) right in the prison to help prisoners understand the labor process, labor safety factors, collective work skills as well as education on the value of labor.
In addition to organizing study and work at the camp, the unit also coordinates with vocational schools to open vocational training classes and issue vocational certificates to prisoners serving their sentences, with priority given to young prisoners. Thanks to that, over the past 10 years, more than 3,000 prisoners have been granted vocational certificates, creating favorable conditions for them to find suitable jobs after reintegrating into the community.
Prisoners at Dac Tan Prison asked questions about careers and jobs at the Career and Employment Counseling Program for those preparing to complete their prison sentences in 2025. |
According to Ms. Vu Thi My Phuong, Deputy Head of the General Education and Vocational Education Department (Department of Education and Training), vocational education is one of the important solutions to help prisoners prepare to reintegrate into the community, have the opportunity to change their lives, and limit recidivism.
People who have completed their prison sentences can choose a vocational training facility that is convenient in location and suitable for their learning conditions, and enjoy a number of policies on tuition exemption and reduction according to State policies or the school's scholarship fund for students with especially difficult circumstances.
In addition, those who have completed their prison sentences are also provided with free job counseling and support with loans from the Social Policy Bank to cover the costs of vocational training, production development, business, etc. These are important "assistances" for those who have made mistakes to overcome the past and start a new life.
Dak Lak province has 45 vocational training institutions including 4 colleges, 4 intermediate schools, 10 vocational training centers and 27 other institutions participating in vocational training activities. These institutions enroll more than 40,000 students each year in a variety of occupations, close to local recruitment and employment needs such as: high-tech agriculture , mechanics, auto repair, civil electricity, garment, information technology, tourism services, etc. |
Source: https://baodaklak.vn/phap-luat/202506/tro-luc-cho-nguoi-lam-lo-lam-lai-cuoc-doi-e410480/
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