Investing on convicts pays

Investing on convicts pays

JAKARTA (JP): People with money to spare might want to
consider an offer from Central Java Governor Soewardi -- invest
in a business run within the confines of prison facilities.

Soewardi made the proposal after inspecting the quality of
some of the handicrafts made by inmates of the Kedungpane
Correctional Institution in Semarang.

The governor said that private investors will be allowed to
invest in the businesses and provide convicts with the training
to acquire the necessary skills, he was quoted by the Antara news
agency as saying.

He said the prison authorities should define the kind of
businesses that would be allowed and should make sure that they
do not hamper the rehabilitation program of the convicts. (emb)