Nicro, noun

/ˈnɪkrəʊ/
Forms:
Also NICRO.
Origin:
Acronym formed on National Institute for Crime Prevention and Rehabilitation of Offenders.
An organization which works for the prevention of crime, cares for the needs of prisoners, and assists released prisoners to re-integrate into society.
Note:
Nicro was formed by the merger of the Prisoner’s Aid Association (founded in 1910) and the Probation League (founded in 1933); from 1935 to 1970 it was known as the Social Services Organisation.
1972 Daily Dispatch 31 May 7Crime in South Africa had taken on enormous proportions, the assistant director of the National Institute for Crime Prevention and Rehabilitation of Offenders (Nicro), Dr. Touissant van Hove, said here yesterday.
1983 Sunday Times 4 Sept. (Lifestyle) 1Mr John Pegge, national director of the National Institute for Crime Prevention and Rehabilitation of Offenders (Nicro) says: ‘We are dealing with a situation where men suddenly have to cope with civilian life again’.
1990 T. Seale in Weekend Argus 29 Sept. 6Nicro’s 80th birthday celebrations this week.
1993 P. Du Toit in Weekend Post 26 June 2She said Nicro would prefer to have children awaiting trial released into the custody of their parents, or accommodated in a place of safety.
1994 Grocott’s Mail 9 Sept. 2NICRO..helps arrested and convicted persons by promoting and securing their welfare and that of their dependents and promoting the rehabilitation and aftercare of adult offenders.
An organization which works for the prevention of crime, cares for the needs of prisoners, and assists released prisoners to re-integrate into society.
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