A 54 year old lady was referred to NICRO after having been convicted for assault with the intent to commit grievous bodily harm. She was often seen frowning and was easily irritated by small things. She was also not tolerant of others. Her response to a conflict situation was always to be aggressive. She was [...]

At NICRO I found courage and strength to make right choices and decisions that would not affect me negatively. I am proud to say that with NICRO I have found ways and methods to deal with every day challenges by being strong and open with myself and to always think before I act. At first, [...]

Pieter was arrested and convicted for assault with the intent to commit grievous bodily harm. Pieter was referred to NICRO for a non-custodial sentencing suitability assessment, and behaved in a manner that was aggressive and angry, even towards the social worker.  Pieter abused alcohol to the extent that he often could not go to work [...]

Robert was referred to NICRO by the Magistrates Court after he committed an offence of assault against his ex-girlfriend. Robert had been sentenced because he had tied his ex-girlfriend to the back of a car and drove off after he had found out she was seeing someone else. During the assessment, Robert was open about [...]

A 39 year old offender by the name of M.K (real name not used for confidentiality) was arrested for assault. He was diverted to NICRO Queenstown by the Prosecutor so that he can attend Adult life skills. He was afraid during assessment that he was going to be sent to prison since this was his [...]

Mrs. S. is a 27 year old mother of two young children. She was recently convicted of fraud.  As a result of her assessment, she was referred to NICRO to receive services to reduce her prospects for re-offending. At the time of the offence, Mrs. S was struggling to cope with accumulating debt and the [...]

M. is a 57 year old female. She was referred to NICRO for assessment in March 2011 and found suitable for NCS. It was recommended that M. does 80 Hours community service and the adult lifeskills programme. M. had been married twice and divorced twice as well. She has two sons. She raised her eldest [...]

Mr. Davids is a 57 year old man with five previous convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol. When he was arrested, charged and convicted for the sixth time for the same offence, he was sentenced to correctional supervision under house arrest and community service, and has his driver’s license suspended. Because NICRO has [...]

Before being referred to NICRO I could not imagine myself being in jail.  I mean, I’m 19 years old, a girl and school drop- out, first time offender… my life could have been ruined going to prison. Instead the worker did an assessment and it was evident that I had a drug problem.  The worker [...]

Martha, a 56 year old lady convicted of theft and serving a non-custodial sentencing with NICRO, demonstrated how much she had grown when she found a wallet filled with cash and credit cards in the street.  She told the NICRO social worker that if this had happened before NICRO had worked with her, she would [...]