Port of Spain: Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the government plans to provide a $5,000 grant for prisoners being released back into society.
She says the grant would have conditions, so that it won't appear as if crime pays but it is being done with a view to help convicts reintegrate into society as law-abiding citizens.
Speaking at an awards ceremony of Vision and Mission, a non-profit organisation that helps rehabilitate prisoners, Persad-Bissessar said the government is also looking at providing other incentives to business which employee ex-convicts.
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