Poem I read my sentence steadily; Reviewed it with my eyes; To see that I made a mistake; In extreme way. The date and manner of shame; And then the pious form That God have mercy on my soul The jury voted her. I made my soul familiar With her extremity, That at the [...]
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Poem for Someone Dear at Heart
This poem was written by one of our non-custodial sentencing clients about the NICRO social worker who worked with him. Grammar and spelling remains unedited. Goodmorning Poem for some one dear at heart She is a lady fair She gives hope where none seems to bloom She inspires friend [...]
My second chance
Dear everyone, In my life I have never known of anything that can come between crime and humans, but NICRO can. I am a male of about 38 years. I live in —. I was at work on the 15th of January 20–. It was a Saturday and that I was off duty but at [...]
That is not life…
I am 20 years old, male and I live in ___. I was arrested in ___ and put in jail. The court sentenced me to NICRO to do a programme about lifeskills. I did well with NICRO. I was doing a programme with NICRO on lifeskills. The new skills and knowledge that I learnt at [...]
I’d like to thank NICRO
Hi I would like to thank the social worker at NICRO for allowing me the opportunity to complete my community service at a Children’s Home that is close to my heart. My paintings and preparation skills have improved because of the work I did during my community service. I have definitely improved in many aspects [...]
I send my deepest apologies
I am 33 years old, male and I live in —-. I was arrested for drunken driving. I received counselling and was taught lifeskills. I learnt about how to realise and identify relapse drifts. I learnt about time management and how to schedule daily activities so as to prevent relapse triggers. I have done a [...]
Mary writes about her experiences
Afrikaans Version Ek is Mary. Ek het deur die Vonnis ‘n baie moeilike tyd deurgegaan. Die dag toe ek gearresteer was, het dek gevoel dat die Here my vergeet het, ek hetverward gevoel, deurmekaar gevoel, en baie onseker oor wat van my gaan word. Ek was bang, en het nie geweet wat gaan van my word nie. Ek was bang dat ek my kinders [...]
O.F.Fender Writes Again From Prison
Greetings Free People, For my first proper entry I was trying to decide on a topic. Something that would be hard-hitting, attention-grabbing, arresting (pun intended). Was I going to express an opinion on our incompetent judicial officers? Our corrupt and lazy Correctional Services officers? Perhaps drugs in prison, or a comment on the torture that [...]
O. F. Fender Blogs from Prison
Greetings, I have thought long and hard, weighing up the pros and cons (pun intended) of writing a blog about life inside prison in South Africa. In the 21st Century, the danger to me is enormous, as DCS does not like its dirty laundry aired out, so for reasons of my personal safety, the prison [...]
A happy ending
Once upon a time, there was a young woman named Kelly, who was responsible for taking care of her nine month-old baby, her physically disabled brother and her mentally-ill sister. The only income for her family was from her brother’s disability grant and the social grant for her baby. One day, Kelly stole some items [...]
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