The now 34-year-old is also one of more than 160 criminals in Canada to have signed up and created a profile on Canadian Inmates Connect Inc., a matchmaking website for inmates. But Melissa Fazzina, who started up Canadian Inmates Connect Inc. nearly six years ago, says she doesn't discriminate between criminals and none are barred from registering, no matter how heinous their crimes. Through kindness and compassion, not through punishing - I've even seen for myself violent criminals become these happy, positive people." Ms Fazzina says she has absolutely no regrets with how the site has grown and transformed over the past six years. I've lived a total opposite life from most of these guys, I've had a good education, a good upbringing ... but this has changed my life."

Source: New Zealand Herald August 13, 2016 08:03 UTC