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Port Of Spain Prison Case Study

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Wayne Chance on the other hand founded Vision on Mission in 1995 within the walls of the Port of Spain Prison. In 2001 it was legally incorporated as a non-governmental organization (NGO). Mr. Chance, after being incarcerated for a number of years saw first-hand the need for rehabilitation and reintegration for ex-inmates like himself. Mr. Chance recognized the steadily increasing population of young men within the prison system and sought ways to reduce this. He lamented the lack of such a system that would seek to prevent repeat offenders into the prison system. As such, he seeks to act as the catalyst for such a transformation among ex-inmates. He desired to see successful reintegration of ex-inmates into society in an attempt to reduce

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