Through different trajectories, such as sports, efforts will be made to prevent young people from falling into the hands of the justice system.
WILLEMSTAD - Minister of Education, Science, Culture, and Sport Sithree van Heydoorn, in collaboration with Minister of Justice Shalton Hato, signed a protocol in which the ministries commit to working more closely in the field of prevention and resocialization, with the goal of combating crime, particularly among young people. This is a comprehensive agreement under which several projects will be restored. At the same time, the first project was signed between the Curaçao Detention and Correction Center (SDKK) and the Public Schools Service (DOS).
This project is the responsibility of OSBOD, "Public Secondary Vocational Part-Time Education." This is the so-called "Learning inside out" project, where inmates learn a trade during their period of incarceration to better prepare them for re-entering the job market or continuing their studies. This project is funded by crime funds. When an SDKK client is serving a criminal sentence, the government has an obligation to do its best to reform the person and create prospects so that when the person leaves the penitentiary, they do not return to the same situation they were in.
The government says that through the protocol between the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sport (ESKD) and the Ministry of Justice, they will continue to work together on the resocialization of SDKK clients. They will collaborate on crime prevention and combatting it, including through sports activities.
As part of the government agreement, the cabinet says it has committed itself to developing programs to provide a second chance to those who have had issues with the justice system. With the signing of the two protocols, Minister of ESKD Van Heydoorn, and Minister of Justice Hato, are giving substance to this commitment, the government said.
The government has no doubt that a good education and safe training are the keys to success. Those who, for one reason or another, have come into contact with the justice system, must leave the SDKK better prepared, allowing them more opportunities for reintegration into society.
