Straits Times Reflection 7

Question 1. How does the treatment programme of the Singapore Prison Service help sex offenders?

Answer: They can become more mature in the way they think and sort things out and teaches them empathy so that they won't probably a mistake in the choices they make and in fact, make correct decisions so that they choose the right thing to do.

Question 2.Question 2. Do you think that sex offenders should be given a second chance in the society? State your reasons.

Answer: Yes. In my opinion, any mistake commited by anyone is worth giving that person a second chance to redeem his/her wrong. In the case of sex offenders, I think the mistakes they make is only because they were not thinking right in that period of time. Not giving them chance is no different from not admitting that you have not commited a mistake before. For example, when we were all young, we were an irritant sometimes to our parents. We make noise, disturb them etc. We were in the wrong. Why? Because we were too young to think back then. So, perhaps is because sex offenders were also young in terms of maturity so they do such things as to enjoy themselves thinking that is fun and nice to do it although fact is, it's disgusting and pervertic. I personally think that we should nuture the sex offenders mind and not just say "that's right, you go to prison" because it would make them feel very depressed and upset terribly. They might have already know their mistakes, yet not given a chance. For the mistake they make because they were not in the right mind, they didn't the know the consequences, they have to face up to such a price? Is this what people call "justice"? I call it, crueltly. To those people who say that sex offenders should not be given a second chance, I tell you people, you deserve no second chance as well when you were a baby and was an irritant to your mother at times for doing noisy stuff etc. Would you like this fact? No! So, it's the same. Sex offenders would feel just like this. If the sex offenders are willing to chance, we should give them a chance. A chance is like hope. Where hope is gone, how will you feel? Hopeless. Isn't it the same as killing the sex offenders for their very one mistake? Making them suffer all the guilt which they don't deserve? Hope is light. Shattered hope is darkness. Humans would rather live in the darkness then light. So, that's my thoughts.