{"id":186165,"date":"2018-09-06T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/186165\/learners-benefit-from-educational-prison-tour\/"},"modified":"2018-09-06T09:38:43","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T07:38:43","slug":"learners-benefit-from-educational-prison-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/09\/06\/learners-benefit-from-educational-prison-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Learners benefit from educational prison tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Educating and guiding the youth of the community is a priority for the Primrose police.<\/p>\n<p>Officers from the Primrose police and Matete Mmola, a representative from the Department of Community Safety, recently took 30 learners from Primrose High School and Dawnview High School on an educational prison tour of the Nigel Correctional Services.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/185572\/help-children-shine-in-year-end-concert\/\" target=\"_blank\">Help Laerskool Die President\u2019s learners shine in year-end concert by sponsoring a child<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cEach school identified 30 learners with behavioural challenges who they believed would benefit from this tour,\u201d explained Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the tour learners visited all the departments and were addressed by several inmates, who spoke to them about the challenges of being in prison.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>One inmate encouraged the learners to stay away from criminal activities and listen to the advice of their parents and teachers.<\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/185475\/young-scientists-rewarded-for-their-excellence\/\" target=\"_blank\">Young scientists rewarded for their excellence<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The learners were given the opportunity to ask various questions during the tour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope our learners will stay away from criminal activities and they will spread the message to those who did not get the chance to take part in this tour,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" 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