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Major investment
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Real
chance for former inmates
$150,000 facility to offer more than job skills |
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than two out of every three inmates at Her Majesty’s Prison have been
there before. Why? Experts say it’s easy to understand, harder to overcome. “When he is released, the convict is physically free of bars, but the minute he walks through those gates, chances are he has three strikes against him,” says Acting Commissioner of Police Paul Farquharson. |
 From left: Ron Nikkel, President, Prison Fellowship International; Bishop Cephas Ferguson, Executive Director, Prison Fellowship Bahamas; Michael Timmis, Chairman, Prison Fellowship International and Paul Sandford, Chairman, Gifts & Grants Committee, Lyford Cay Foundation. |
“There’s more than a 50% chance that he is functionally illiterate, that he cannot even complete a job application form. Secondly, he probably lacks specific skills and training, and thirdly, he can’t produce a clean Police Certificate…” Prison Fellowship Bahamas and the Lyford Cay Foundation believe there is a way to slam shut prison’s revolving door and open another. They’re teaming up to build a halfway house where selected former convicts can live for one year, learning job skills, responsibilities and undergoing intensive counselling and support, preparing them for a smooth re-entry and a real chance at life. Construction of the $150,000 facility on three acres of land donated by government on Marshall Road, off Blue Hill Road, could be completed as early as June 2001. The Prison Fellowship halfway house staff will work closely with Her Majesty’s Prison, opening the home’s doors to ex-offenders selected as candidates for the rehabilitation program. |
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GIFTS
& GRANTS The following charitable,
educational and cultural organizations have benefited from donations recommended
by the Gifts and Grants Committee of the Lyford Cay Foundation in 2000: |
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COMMUNITY
SERVICE
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Lyford Cay Scholars Association has chosen Unity House as their Community
Service Project for the year. Unity House is a hospice that caters to the
elderly and younger persons who are in need of special care and attention.
The scholars donated grocery and toiletry items to Unity House on Saturday,
March 17, 2001. Kevin Bain, Unity House Supervisor accepted items on behalf
of Janet Smith-Butler, Founder and Administrator. |
Back row (from left): Stacey Stubbs, Coralyn Adderley, Kevin Sweeting, Laura Knowles-Stuart and Charessa Simmons. |
Pictured
is Monique Francis-Hinsey, Coordinator of the
Lyford Cay Scholars Association, Mr Bain and members of the LCSA Community
Service Project Committee. Front row (from left): Cherrylee Pinder, Madonna Bonimy-Bethel, Keith Bell, Florine McKenzie, Mrs Francis-Hinsey, Mr Bain, Darnell Bain, Kimbler Romer and Bridgette Seymour. |
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