Oinihol Bobonazarova, a Tajik human rights activist, said that our society treats ex-prisoners poorly, in particular not wanting to take them to work and not seeking to help them.
"Ex-prisoners are looked at differently, after they leave prison it is difficult for them to find a job. Life on the outside becomes difficult, although they would be happy to change their lives after release," Bobonazarova said.
She said former prisoners try to change their names and go into labor migration, but not many succeed.
"When 20,000 people are released, the authorities should prepare a special program in advance to provide them with jobs so that the ex-prisoners can help their families and not become an additional headache for them. When there are no jobs, they can commit a crime again. We read in the media that former prisoners committed crimes again after being released," Bobonazarova said.