ABSTRACT
There is an old saying where Dr. Angell grew up: “Give a person a žsh, and he eats for a day. But teach a person to žsh and he will eat for a lifetime.” The same holds true in teaching a marketable skill to a detainee. You can help a detainee change his religiosity to a moderate version of Islam. You can give him social and psychological counseling so that he is emotionally prepared and equipped to face life in the detention center as well as life outside of it. You can give him education classes to empower him, raise his self-esteem; essentially opening the door of personal and professional advancement more widely for him. However, unless a detainee has a marketable skill, once he walks out the gate, chances are high that in little time he will end up in the very situation that caused him to be detained in the žrst place. In cultures wrapped up tightly in ideals, such as respect, showing face, and providing for one’s family, you will essentially set an individual up for failure if you do not equip him with marketable skills to succeed.
