Life Behind Bars -Breaking the Cycle of Reoffending

ICPA2024 Presentation by Andrew Ong (ICPA2024-PID114)

Author

Andrew Ong

Co-founder, Break the Cycle

Andrew is one of the co-founders of Break The Cycle (BTC) – a ground up initiative that started in 2020. BTC supports ex-offenders to break the cycle of recidivism by using the sport to achieve positive life goals. More importantly, through the introduction of its cycling community to provide positive influence. Today, BTC has a group of 200 cyclists of whom 20 are ex-offenders.
An ex-offender and an avid cyclist himself, Andrew was inspired by those who had invested in him and wanted to pay it forward to uplift the lives of fellow ex-offenders. For his life transformation and service to community, Andrew was conferred the Outstanding Adult category of the Singapore Silent Hero Award 2020, and "Beyond Second Chances (Overcomer)" Awards 2022 by Singapore Prison Service and Yellow Ribbon Singapore.

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