Magistrate advises prisoners to make better decisions in life

By ELIZABETH VUVU
A MAGISTRATE has told a group of prisoners she was visiting to learn how to distinguish between good and bad.
East New Britain senior provincial magistrate Dessie Magaru urged inmates at Kerevat jail to learn how to decide for oneself what is good and what is bad.
She was part of the delegation visiting the prison with businesswoman Sandra Lau with gifts and food for the 335 inmates.
Lau has, for the past few years, been visiting the prison bringing the spirit of Christmas to the inmates who look forward to her visits.
Magaru told the inmates that every time she sent somebody to prison, she always reminded them to have the courage to say no to things that were not right and yes to those that were right.
“If you have God in your life, you should not be able to go wrong,” she said.
She urged the prisoners to seek help when they had problems.
Magaru asked for forgiveness from the prisoners who she had sent to jail at Kerevat saying someone had to do that job.
She said her team of magistrates had to do what they did to maintain law and order in communities.
Magaru told the inmates that Lau was showing them compassion – something that must be a part of their lives.